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[–] drcobaltjedi@programming.dev 5 points 21 hours ago (1 children)

On transgender people, McMillan says "When you see a guy walk down the street and he's got a little skirt on, and he's so happy. Why shouldn't you be happy? This is America, it's beautiful to watch someone different."

Based-ish? He's clearly happy to see trans folk be happy, but still adresses them by their former gender. His heart feels like its in the right place.

[–] Eq0@literature.cafe 2 points 1 hour ago

It’s much easier to change a pronoun than acknowledge that “those people” are people (whoever “those” stands for). Yeah, a small update would be nice, but it’s a good starting point