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This reminds me of a study that was done at some point where in order to generate empathy and sway a person’s political opinion, they sent to their home a person who was impacted by the matter at hand, just to talk with them. So basically, sending to an anti-abortion voter a woman who had gone through an abortion; sending to an anti-trans voter a transgender person; etc.
The finding was that it worked in some cases, but that it worked best for topics that weren’t covered much by the news. Abortion rights were already a hot-button issue back then, and people’s minds weren’t changed much; but trans rights were not at all at the time (oh how the times have changed!), therefore minds were easier to change.