“The European Union won’t take chicken from America. They won’t take lobsters from America. They hate our beef because our beef is beautiful and theirs is weak. It’s unbelie…
I mean, yeah, you can totally give up on changing minds and write conservatives off if you want. That’s definitely a choice that you can make. And sure, no one is responsible for doing the emotional labor that it takes to change minds.
But if you don’t, will anyone?
I would rather have conversations aimed at changing minds than write people off.
I hope someone will. I hope you do! To be honest, I think I’m too angry to have conversations that might change a mind anymore. Like, I’m angry at them for falling for whatever fake news nonsense that they’re all riled up about, and I actually am not mature enough to keep the scorn and contempt out of my voice.
Of course they’re angry too, and so here we are :p
I mean, yeah, you can totally give up on changing minds and write conservatives off if you want. That’s definitely a choice that you can make. And sure, no one is responsible for doing the emotional labor that it takes to change minds.
But if you don’t, will anyone?
I would rather have conversations aimed at changing minds than write people off.
I hope someone will. I hope you do! To be honest, I think I’m too angry to have conversations that might change a mind anymore. Like, I’m angry at them for falling for whatever fake news nonsense that they’re all riled up about, and I actually am not mature enough to keep the scorn and contempt out of my voice.
Of course they’re angry too, and so here we are :p
Are you familiar with the concepts of street epistemology?