After saying I wasn't going to talk about why we shouldn't punch people for expressing horrible ideas, I then did that. All day.
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Replying to @HPluckrose
Predicted it would be pointless. Was. Me: We can't punch ppl for horrible ideas. Everybody: But the ideas are really, really horrible!
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I think we can change minds. I've certainly had mine changed. I was a feminist when I got here.https://areomagazine.com/2016/12/14/the-value-of-arguing-with-extremists-building-a-moderate-center/ …
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Replying to @crash_matrix
I've changed views on an intellectual level. No longer feminist. No longer adversarial atheist-as-identity.
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Replying to @crash_matrix
There's a lot of real world stuff to overcome too. But I find good arguments backed up by psychology also shift ppl's views.
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