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minus-squarecarl_dungeon@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up14arrow-down1·1 day agoNah, it’s sports team mentality. You can say any reasoned, logical, humanist argument you want, but people will never turn against their “team”.
minus-squaresharkfinsoup@lemmy.mllinkfedilinkarrow-up4arrow-down5·23 hours agoThat is verifiably wrong. Daryl Davies is a black man who has convinced dozens of members of the KKK to renounce their beliefs and their robes. You absolutely can convince people that their beliefs are wrong.
minus-squarecarl_dungeon@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up7·22 hours agoYeah you can, but it’s damn hard. I’m aware of Daryl and he’s done great things, it it’s a tiny fraction of 1%.
minus-squaredevfuuu@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkarrow-up5·21 hours agoIf you have the time, the means, the resources and the will probably. Is it worth it? Most likely not.
minus-squarecRazi_man@lemm.eelinkfedilinkarrow-up2arrow-down2·22 hours agoExactly. There was a fantastic podcast episode looking at how he did this, but I can’t find which specific episode it was now. I can’t believe what I said is being considered such a disagreeable hot take…but I guess that’s how polarised the world has become.
minus-squareElgenzay@lemmy.mllinkfedilinkarrow-up1·2 hours agoYou’re also on Lemmy so not exactly a fair sample demographic
Nah, it’s sports team mentality. You can say any reasoned, logical, humanist argument you want, but people will never turn against their “team”.
That is verifiably wrong. Daryl Davies is a black man who has convinced dozens of members of the KKK to renounce their beliefs and their robes. You absolutely can convince people that their beliefs are wrong.
Yeah you can, but it’s damn hard. I’m aware of Daryl and he’s done great things, it it’s a tiny fraction of 1%.
If you have the time, the means, the resources and the will probably. Is it worth it? Most likely not.
Exactly. There was a fantastic podcast episode looking at how he did this, but I can’t find which specific episode it was now.
I can’t believe what I said is being considered such a disagreeable hot take…but I guess that’s how polarised the world has become.
You’re also on Lemmy so not exactly a fair sample demographic