choomer
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Wow...Finally a post worth thinking about. 
Brings to mind another thread where someone posted a quote of a dubious (and consequentially disproven) statistic from an otherwise inspiring story about Christian Picciolini named Rejecting hate, after spending nearly a decade spreading it.
Guy used to be a white supremacist and now lectures internationally about his past and is sought for his counseling of youth in "the movement" to break them free of such thinking.
It never would have happened if people hadn't seen him as an individual and spoke with him.
topic individual and not the "group think".
What you can do is talk to them, not shout your agenda over them or label and deride them.
Do what you can, where you can, with the people you meet. That's all anyone can do and you might make the difference in an individuals life that later helps them makes decisions that could affect a great number of people.
Hitler proved today's troubled youth can become tomorrows world leader and don't you wish someone could have talked to him other than those that helped form the thinking that led to his atrocities?
Check out a movie called Max.
The dangerous part about this type of reasonable exchange is there is always the possibility they might change your mind.
Thanks for that. You should post more often.
A very valid point as long as you're interested in addressing groups only. I prefer to talk to people regardless of what classification another might impose upon them because that classification can become a barrier to my understanding of that person. If i let that happen there is no reason for me to talk to that person and change their mind.
Brings to mind another thread where someone posted a quote of a dubious (and consequentially disproven) statistic from an otherwise inspiring story about Christian Picciolini named Rejecting hate, after spending nearly a decade spreading it.
Guy used to be a white supremacist and now lectures internationally about his past and is sought for his counseling of youth in "the movement" to break them free of such thinking.
It never would have happened if people hadn't seen him as an individual and spoke with him.
"Christian Picciolini: The truth is, I'd never met or had a meaningful dialogue or engagement with anybody that I thought I hated. And when they took the step to try and reach me, the demonization of them that I had in my head started to crack."
Deal with the Only if we discard wanting to control others can we take politics out of the equation. That's all politics is good for.
You never will change everyone, ever.
What you can do is talk to them, not shout your agenda over them or label and deride them.
Do what you can, where you can, with the people you meet. That's all anyone can do and you might make the difference in an individuals life that later helps them makes decisions that could affect a great number of people.
Hitler proved today's troubled youth can become tomorrows world leader and don't you wish someone could have talked to him other than those that helped form the thinking that led to his atrocities?
Check out a movie called Max.
By bringing up the point that (in that exact situation), If you don't think about it now, you probably never will and it would be a shame for you to die with regret for not having done so. If you still feel the same after talking there is nothing more that I can do other than know I will NOT die having the regret of not trying. I will have to accept that it is a subject on which we will never agree but should you have questions later on I'll still talk with you about it.
The dangerous part about this type of reasonable exchange is there is always the possibility they might change your mind.
Thanks for that. You should post more often.
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