wonder how the gap between reality and the story could possibly exist
This is because everyone can become an absolute bigoted POS like that terf if they really wish for it. But many of us decide that we don’t really give a crap about other people’s genitalia, let alone about what they do with it so we just live our lives as if that was none of our business. Because, you know, being a decent human being is not that hard and letting people live their lives as they want doesn’t make your life worse.
This is because everyone can become an absolute bigoted POS like that terf if they really wish for it. But many of us decide that we don’t really give a crap about other people’s genitalia, let alone about what they do with it so we just live our lives as if that was none of our business. Because, you know, being a decent human being is not that hard and letting people live their lives as they want doesn’t make your life worse.