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No, these people were always sexist, that's why it's so easy to hook them on this bullshit.
We are all socialised with misogyny (as well as cis-heteronormativity) literally from infancy (and those of us who are directly impacted sadly internalise them to a depressing degree), and that's when we need to start fighting against it, not only once the misogynists turn violent (verbally as well as physically), it's too late at that point (even if they can be deradicalized the damage they did is already done).
That is not necessarily true. People can and do change. Darth Vader was not born evil, after all.
Darth Vader is not real.
How insightful PrunesMakeYouPoop
The person you're replying to is advocating for encouraging change.
I don't know about sexist but I imagine they always had the defect in their brain that causes them to be inconsiderate and difficult