• helenslunch@feddit.nl
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    5 months ago

    I absolutely believe that lobbing insults and judging people for spreading hateful ideology is very useful.

    Then you’re delusional.

    There, have I changed your opinion or I have I given you even more conviction?

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      5 months ago

      I don’t think you read what I wrote, or if you didn’t you ignored my point.

      I don’t believe you really can change the opinion of people who believe this shit, over the internet. That’s my entire point. Trying to change the minds of those people is wasted effort. The best you can do is prevent the ideology spreading to people who do not already believe in it, and “oh let’s just hear them out” is the exact opposite of how you do that.

      It’s possible to deprogram these people, but only in real life with someone you know. You can never do that for a stranger, it just doesn’t work - there has been research into this, you can search the backfire effect if you’re interested.

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        5 months ago

        Returning hate for hate multiplies hate, adding deeper darkness to a night already devoid of stars. Darkness cannot drive out darkness; only light can do that. Hate cannot drive out hate; only love can do that.

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          5 months ago

          “The White man pays Reverend Martin Luther King so that Martin Luther King can keep the Negro defenseless. I am for violence if non-violence means we continue postponing a solution”

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            5 months ago

            Oh good, MLK was a conspiracy to keep the black man down. And I suppose we never landed on the moon either? Otherwise everyone would know the Earth was flat 🤣