I feel like education and exposure go a long way. Read up and get to know the trans community as “people” instead of abstract concepts. People tend to be more comfortable with diversity when they are no longer “the Other,” but instead a friend or neighbor.

this is awesome. I love this so much.

He knows you exist, he simply wants you to suffer for it.

Is this guy completely unaware that there are single mothers out there, that there are plenty of lesbian couples with kids (hi there!), and that there are many families in which it actually makes more sense for the husband to stay home and be the primary parent, or does he just not care?

Medicine/women/abortion/working mothers...etc. It goes on and on and on. Mediocre white men are a plague.

Dudes who are not medical professionals tell everyone the dangers of medicine.

Someone having to restrain from uttering racist sentiments is much, much less harmful than being the victim of hatred and bigotry. OP is right, it is about human fucking decency. “Too much political correctness” is not a valid concern for anyone. Not being the victim of hatred and bigotry and harassment just…

Well in the interest of sharing and comparing life experiences in order to help better understand each other, here is my view. For me, what you call “political correctness” is just normality. The reason I don’t use the n-word isn’t because I’m constantly restraining myself; it’s because it’s just not in my day-to-day…

Has anyone ever said something that made you feel like shit? Imagine you’re Jewish and it’s the 30th time you’ve seen someone invoke the holocaust for some sad attempt at humor. Is it still funny? Was it ever?

It’s not getting offended by “everything”, its getting offended when people joke about one of the worst genocides in history. You don’t get to joke about anything you want and then write everyone off as being “too PC” when there is backlash. Yeah, when people’s families have been directly affected by a genocide and…

It’s not political correctness, it’s respect and human decency. People need to grow the fuck up.