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Originally Posted by Brillopad
On the whole I would agree - but referring to those that don’t as ignorant is not the way to go either. Disagreement is not necessarily either malice or ignorance.
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Ignorant is not a bad word nor should it be considered as such when it's intent is innocent. Not knowing something about a subject simply does make you ignorant of it, I'm ignorant when it comes to, I dunno, building ****.
Somebody who is unaware of trans issues should not be demonised for making a genuine mistake, that's how you create malicious ignorance, people who don't want to learn because they prefer the idea that they have in their heads to the facts.
Lots of people are ignorant when it comes to trans issues, it's not a negative thing to say that. It's simply how it is and unfortunately attacks like the ones against people like J.K Rowling simply do not help the cause.