Rex Kerr
1 min readJun 6, 2022

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Why are you talking about the most extreme opposition? This is roughly as useful as someone on the right saying, (1) a loud and overly influential subset of the the left endorses "punch a Nazi", and (2) they also call us all Nazis. Every member of the right has their life constantly threatened by the left.

This is wrong not because there aren't a few crazies who both think you should punch any Nazi you can find, and that anyone remotely right-wing a Nazi. If that were true, then everyone on the right would be in grave danger. It's wrong because it's a minority view.

Overall, views aren't that extreme--not with who is a Nazi, or what the attitude is towards trans people. In the U.K. no group that they polled comes anywhere close to the characterization you give, even if some are pretty hostile: https://yougov.co.uk/topics/politics/articles-reports/2020/07/16/where-does-british-public-stand-transgender-rights

So it would seem that there's a pretty decent chance of building bridges, as long as you're not actively trying to burn them down.

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Rex Kerr
Rex Kerr

Written by Rex Kerr

One who rejoices when everything is made as simple as possible, but no simpler. Sayer of things that may be wrong, but not so bad that they're not even wrong.

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