Do you think someone who is racist, homophobic, transphobic etc can really change their ways?

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Do you think someone who is phobic or racist in anyway can change who they are and how they think? Even if they were brought up that way?
Also would you respect that person if they truly changed? Even if they had said some insensitive or offensive things in the past?
Do you have any examples of people who have changed from being phobic or racist?

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I went from being homophobic and transphobic to actually being gay and trans so 😂 yeah it's possible. Tbh I was a terribly racist kid too, I think especially because of the area I grew up in, but I'm pretty sure I've moved passed that. I may say the wrong things in regards to race sometimes out of ignorance but I wouldn't think of myself as explicitly racist, and if I came across as such I'm sure it would be accidental.

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I think they can, but they usually make the choice not to. Empathy is hard to teach. I can't even teach the trolls on CC that dinosaurs are extinct and also aren't human beings.

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It really depends. I know people who went from "gay people make me uncomfortable" to extremely supportive. On the other hand, people can have a hard time making a 180 on things they've had ingrained in them from a young age. I live in the Bible Belt, I know people who would rather have a dead child than a gay child and I doubt that will ever change. We can try to educate people who hate us, but our best bet is teaching children that it's okay to be different and hope they grow up being exposed to different lifestyles and opinions.

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I fully believe that people can change. And if they HAVE changed, then I can respect the people that they have become (while I continue to not respect the people that they were in the past.) HOWEVER, I think there's a dangerous thing sometimes where if you believe people than change, there's pressure to "not give up on them" or to try to "get through to them" - ultimately, just because people can change, doesn't mean you should be hanging around toxic people who are making your life miserable with their racism/homophobia/transphobia. Be kind to yourself and surround yourself with people who enrich your life, not people who pollute it. And you never know, sometimes being cut out of someone's life is the catalyst to get that person to re-examine their behaviour.

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Some can some can't 🤷🏼‍♀️

Do you think someone who is racist, homophobic, transphobic etc can really change their ways?

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