Curiously, this is also why I think people who are typically storied by society as “missing social cues” often have such a profound sense of justice. An insistence on explicit communication strips away any lies that can’t be said aloud without immediately betraying themselves as facially bullshit.
Jessica Kant
It’s depressingly easy to activate in-group favoritism with implicit communication alone.
Jessica Kant
Part of what makes this effective is that it implicitly suggests target groups are much larger relative to agent groups, and it insinuates that said groups are therefore a threat to the hegemony from which they benefit.
Jessica Kant
This is exactly right. There's a good chunk of research that says prejudice tends to inflate the perceived size of target groups. Scientists don't necessarily agree on why, but there are theories. I believe it's a combination of normal cognitive errors and deliberate manufacturing/manipulation.
Jessica Kant
This is purposeful. Not only to spread disinfo, but to make their ignorant base feel like trans people are everywhere and trying to take over everything. Everything is a fear tactic to distract from the fact the GOP are the worst evil than anything they make up about trans people.
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Fox News produces more trans articles than any other outlet – including LGBTQ+ ones
https://www.thepinknews.com/2026/02/10/fox-news-trans-articles/?utm_content=1770740405&utm_medium=social&utm_source=bluesky
Fox News, a right-wing media empire, produces more articles referencing trans people than any other outlet, research suggests.
