▲ 340 ▼ Meet a Missouri dad who went from a ‘full-on bigot’ to fighting bathroom bans on behalf of his 16-year-old daughter: ‘When it was my child, it just flipped a switch’ (fortune.com) submitted 2 years ago by Carighan@lemmy.world to c/upliftingnews@lemmy.world 81 comments fedilink hide all child comments Better late than never! 🥳
[–] Addition1291@lemmy.world 100 points 2 years ago (3 children) Classic Conservative. All feelings of empathy begin and end at himself. permalink fedilink source hideshow 6 child comments replies: [–] Dkarma@lemmy.world 35 points 2 years ago It didn't happen unless it happened to meeeeeee permalink fedilink source parent [–] jkrtn@lemmy.ml 30 points 2 years ago Yeah this is not uplifting, this is just every conservative. "Oh shit, this is harming me now, we must stop it immediately." permalink fedilink source parent [–] 4am@lemm.ee 22 points 2 years ago* (1 child) Yeah but it sounds like he actually is growing out of the mindset. Conservatism is simply a lack of experience. We all grew out of some shitty views, just some had their wake up call earlier and others were more isolated from experience and took more time. Let’s be glad this dude came around at all, or his daughter might just have been another statistic at this point. He could have been another grifting chud on TikTok screeching about the librul media taking his child away through brainwashing, but he chose humanity. Let’s stop shitting on people who were wrong when they finally come to their senses. permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 2 child comments replies: [–] mPony@lemmy.world 3 points 2 years ago Conservatism is simply a lack of experience also see: immaturity And, yes, you are right: people who used to be wrong aren't wrong anymore. We're all just really used to brow-beating our perceived enemies. permalink fedilink source parent
[–] Dkarma@lemmy.world 35 points 2 years ago It didn't happen unless it happened to meeeeeee permalink fedilink source parent
[–] jkrtn@lemmy.ml 30 points 2 years ago Yeah this is not uplifting, this is just every conservative. "Oh shit, this is harming me now, we must stop it immediately." permalink fedilink source parent
[–] 4am@lemm.ee 22 points 2 years ago* (1 child) Yeah but it sounds like he actually is growing out of the mindset. Conservatism is simply a lack of experience. We all grew out of some shitty views, just some had their wake up call earlier and others were more isolated from experience and took more time. Let’s be glad this dude came around at all, or his daughter might just have been another statistic at this point. He could have been another grifting chud on TikTok screeching about the librul media taking his child away through brainwashing, but he chose humanity. Let’s stop shitting on people who were wrong when they finally come to their senses. permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 2 child comments replies: [–] mPony@lemmy.world 3 points 2 years ago Conservatism is simply a lack of experience also see: immaturity And, yes, you are right: people who used to be wrong aren't wrong anymore. We're all just really used to brow-beating our perceived enemies. permalink fedilink source parent
[–] mPony@lemmy.world 3 points 2 years ago Conservatism is simply a lack of experience also see: immaturity And, yes, you are right: people who used to be wrong aren't wrong anymore. We're all just really used to brow-beating our perceived enemies. permalink fedilink source parent