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You know that feeling you get when you read a newspaper or see someone report on something you know intimately, which gets the most basic elements of the story
by taurath 4y ago
You know that feeling you get when you read a newspaper or see someone report on something you know intimately, which gets the most basic elements of the story very wrong or worse gives out full falsehoods? And then you read about something you know less about but trust that its somehow a fair shake?
This is what the HN community is like when talking about LGBT issues. Theoretical acceptance may have come a long way at least in the west, but empathy really does seem to have a long way to go.
For your humanity, please develop a basic understanding of discrimination that certain groups suffer from, who tends to discriminate against them, and why. It will help you to understand more people, and enrich your life by being able to interact and share with people with wider ranges of experience.