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So Mexican dudes can't say these things, eh? Only white dudes, and only if they're straight?
And only to men, because of course there aren't any women who hate on trans people!
Middle-aged white men have a lot of privilege. It's time we used it for good.
Is this white-saviour and/or patriarchial? Yup. Does it work? Also yup.
I don't know if we all realize this, but some shitlord being told "What the fuck is wrong you?!" cuts deeper when it comes from someone who looks like their dad, granddad, or their boss.
I'm a 47-year old white guy in a leadership position in a large company. I've done exactly this to both young-millenial edgelord types who think I'm in on the joke, and boomer or elder-Xers who are yelling at clouds. I will tell you that, not only does it smack down the dipshit who thought that "lol rape" or "brown people bad" was funny, it also sets the tone for everyone else in the room, and it gets word around that bigotry isn't acceptable.
Anyone can say this, but it hits harder when it's someone privileged. Women, LGBTQ folk and other vulnerable groups don't have this privilege, and get shut down, and if we don't want that to be the case, we need to speak up for them.
All of this also applies to women saying horrible things being called out by other women who they respect / think are part of their social group.