It is a step in the right direction if someone comes to see the error of their thinking when they see how it effects the people they care about but does that mean they truly accept the broader idea of accepting and understanding? So often in my life i have had people who i thought would understand and be accepting or less prone to making harmful assumptions. However they end up just turning their backs on me assuming i am something that fits their warped view. Terfs, Tankies, People who on one hand believe in something good then support equal atrocities in the name of their supposed cause. I am probably just unlucky or cursed and i know that not everyone is like that but But simply being accepting of something doesn’t mean they abandon all their other twisted views. I say all this as someone who has no friends and struggles to know if my small family the only people i interact with truly have my best interests. instead i am finding out they are all but blinded to how they are supporting causes that are apposed to the supportive nature they may put up.