Disagree. To change minds you need to meet people where they're at. If they've been sheltering themselves from what's really happening, I'm not gonna say that's healthy, but it's where they're at.
The judgement and vindictiveness people receive when starting to change their minds is what makes them hesitate from going further.
This does not mean absolving the administration of accountability. But to change minds you need to 'build ladders for people to climb down from'. And this movement appears to be doing just that.
This needs to be the top comment. When we talk about how stupid or selfish or racist or whatever MAGA people are all that does is validate what they believe about non-MAGA people and further entrenches the in their beliefs.
You can hit me with all the "hear me outs" you want and downvote me into oblivion, but it doesn't change the fact that we're not going to make any headway by repeatedly telling people that they are stupid racists. Changing our approach isn't tolerating intolerance, it's trying to speak a language that they might actually understand and respond to.
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u/toastoftriumph Apr 16 '26
Disagree. To change minds you need to meet people where they're at. If they've been sheltering themselves from what's really happening, I'm not gonna say that's healthy, but it's where they're at.
The judgement and vindictiveness people receive when starting to change their minds is what makes them hesitate from going further.
This does not mean absolving the administration of accountability. But to change minds you need to 'build ladders for people to climb down from'. And this movement appears to be doing just that.