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History lover, baseball fanatic Anti-intellectualism has been a constant thread winding its way through our political and cultural life, nurtured by the false notion that democracy means that 'my ignorance is just as good as your knowledge. - Asimov
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Due in part to the inherent difficulty in identifying transgender people who can pass as their preferred gender, as well as identifying gender non-conforming people who may conform when in public, the Nazi government relied heavily on repor... g by private citizens (often neighbors) to persecute transgender people.[861[87|[67] A widespread belief in Germany at this time held that transgender people were inherently deceitful, as they lived their lives "in disguise", which motivated some Germans to denounce them to the Nazi government.](https://cdn.bsky.app/img/feed_thumbnail/plain/did:plc:3qydk2zg25crp4yalkdvbzc4/bafkreietu3mwv2t2jdtjqn6j7hb2rz45xhrbrawlxev3c2p4wgnrfze4ny)
