In a political argument, if one side was conclusively right, and the other conclusively wrong, there wouldn’t be political sides, we’d have agreed on what was “correct” long ago
I disagree.
The political divide has grown to the point where one side can say something simple as "get the vaccine, it could save your life!", yet that is seen as bad information by the other side. There is no correct view from the opposing party if the narrative is "don't take the vaccine".
The fact of the matter is, this is philosophy, not mathematics. And different people think differently.
Yes, these differently thinking people are fucking stupid and can not be trusted to make the correct decision when presented with all the facts that could and does save their lives!
Their favorite social media or news channel has told them that they can't trust the government (unless their party is in power, but even then, the evil and dark deepstate is still trying to trick them), that they are special and should do their own research, which is superior to what 1000 PHD's working at the CDC can come up with.
any time we vilify an entire tribe or political party it has never gone well, especially when you use fringe members to paint the whole team in the worse possible light.
Agreed.
The best we can do is to listen not so that we can rebuttal their talking points or entrap them in your own but to hear what they are saying so that you can understand where they are coming from.
I understand that most are coming from a place of ignorance and extreme distrust of the government because the guy they voted for lost and convinced them that it was a stolen election, so how the hell can you trust anything?
For it is one thing to allow them to speak and ignore their words than to take away their ability to speak because you do like what they have to say. For the tools, we use now to try and safe keep the meek all too frequently become the tools used by the ruthless to suppress the majority.
Hogs that are posting about Fauci wanting to kill you and the one world government along with Bill Gates trying to enact population reduction with a vaccine (that is what some real nutbags are saying) is dangerous. Not to me.. to the 40% of the population that actually believes this stuff.
Should we do nothing and let them spread their lies? Or should we do the bare minimum and try limit their message so that less people hear it and end up dead?
Alex Jones does not deserve to be on any big platform for this very reason.
There is a reason that people are protesting at a hospital and it has to be a big enough reason to get them out of their daily lives to stand there
Yes, the reason is they are largely uneducated, conspiracy loving, "strong independent thinkers who did their own research".
What is it they are truly afraid of?
Bill Gates... Soros... one world order, microchips which allow the government to track you.
What is it that is driving them to actively speak out?
Frustration, anger and fear that they are the only ones that know the "real" truth and its their duty to educate the stupid sheep that COVID is hoax and not that serious.
Answer the questions and you will find a way to bridge the divide and often easily solve the problem in a way that works for both parties.
There is no way to bridge this. My sister in-law is one of the people protesting, she is too far down the rabbit hole, there is no coming back. Just fighting, arguments and links to videos on bitchute proving that she is correct and everybody else is wrong.
But it takes work and so we revert to vilifying the others simply because it's easier to think of them as the enemy than us with slightly different perspectives that might have valid points or acting out because they do not have all the facts and have based their actions upon the view they do have.
Water is wet, fire is hot and 98% of people dying right now are not vaccinated. There is no different perspective with a valid point.
I will continue vilify, insult and mock any of these moronic hogs that refuse to change their minds because any number or news source you give them that does not match their perspective is considered a fabricated lie. Even when they themselves are intubated and dying on the ICU, they still don't believe it. Just ask
@Aramsolari who gets these stories directly from the nurses working there.
