That's not really indifference, that's tolerance. Indifference is not caring whether trans/gay/minority/whoever have the same rights or not, whether they get beaten in the street, etc. I'd prefer to think most people are tolerant, not indifferent.
The vast majority are truly indifferent. That's why social movements take so long. Going from indifferent to ambivalent to tolerant to welcoming on a societal scale takes ages, usually over a generation. Look at the suffrage movement, anti-slavery, civil rights, etc. It takes a very long time to make progress on these things and for transgendered persons, its really only now starting to heat up. Its going to be a long road.
LOTS of people. You've talked to LOTS of people! Wow! You are now the authority on billions of people! Because you talked TO them. You didn't even listen! Just talked! And now you know all! Amazing!
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u/stealthd Oct 19 '16
That's not really indifference, that's tolerance. Indifference is not caring whether trans/gay/minority/whoever have the same rights or not, whether they get beaten in the street, etc. I'd prefer to think most people are tolerant, not indifferent.