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="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Wisconsin</span></a> state legislature to speak against <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/genderAffirmingCare" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<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="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>socialMedia</span></a> we are drowning in <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/bigotry" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<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="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Trans</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/TransRights" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>TransRights</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/Transgender" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Transgender</span></a></p>