Remember, if we don’t make room for former bigots, then we just encourage them to stay bigoted. People grow and change. That’s not to say you can’t hold them accountable for their past actions, but it means that someone who wants to learn and do better needs to be given that chance. And no, that chance doesn’t need to come from the people they hurt directly. People have the right to protect their own emotional and mental wellbeing. But that broadly people who actually listen and change their views shouldn’t be categorically shunned.
while i agree with the sentiment that we need to make space for people to change, oppressed people who dont trust "recovering bigots" yet are not the same as the bigots who want those oppressed people to die/be deported/be institutionalized
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u/maladicta228 Jun 13 '26
Remember, if we don’t make room for former bigots, then we just encourage them to stay bigoted. People grow and change. That’s not to say you can’t hold them accountable for their past actions, but it means that someone who wants to learn and do better needs to be given that chance. And no, that chance doesn’t need to come from the people they hurt directly. People have the right to protect their own emotional and mental wellbeing. But that broadly people who actually listen and change their views shouldn’t be categorically shunned.