Ben Royce 🇺🇦<p>What is the difference between honest ignorance (which we all have on any number of topics, and if we're humble, we learn) and prideful ignorance ("I know everything already, shut up")?</p><p>This man</p><p>He came to the <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/Wisconsin" class="mention hashtag" rel="tag">#<span>Wisconsin</span></a> state legislature to speak against <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/genderAffirmingCare" class="mention hashtag" rel="tag">#<span>genderAffirmingCare</span></a>. Instead, after listening to testimony, he apologized and said he learned a lot</p><p>😲</p><p>On <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/socialMedia" class="mention hashtag" rel="tag">#<span>socialMedia</span></a> we are drowning in <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/bigotry" class="mention hashtag" rel="tag">#<span>bigotry</span></a></p><p>But, sometimes, you can educate those who will listen</p><p><a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/Trans" class="mention hashtag" rel="tag">#<span>Trans</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/TransRights" class="mention hashtag" rel="tag">#<span>TransRights</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/Transgender" class="mention hashtag" rel="tag">#<span>Transgender</span></a></p>