The #brexitday hashtag is depressing. Variations of 'we Brits who love our country vs those traitors who hate their own country.'
Yes. Then you can address their concerns & actually have a shot at changing their minds. Yelling 'racist' won't do that.
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I think it's a mistake to think that everyone actually cares about being right and is willing to change. Motivation is selfish.
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Usually people are motivated on behalf of the people they love.
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Yes, that is fairly selfish. Seeing your family as the only people that matter, nevermind Syrians born into civil war.
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Again, see the Haidt piece I linked.
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It doesn't address how to change their minds, just that it doesn't end with racism. I don't care that there's a reason beyond.
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Then you won't be able to engage & change minds. Understand first. Go from there. 1 example using Haidt. https://www.theatlantic.com/science/archive/2017/02/the-simple-psychological-trick-to-political-persuasion/515181/ …
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you don't think I've tried the empathetic approach? They simply do not care about them. At all.
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I'd suggest you're doing it wrong. It works for other people! See the studies! We're all human. All have empathy.
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you can state facts all you want to those people and they don't care. You can say immigrants are good for economy, don't care
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I disagree. People change their positions all the time. Haven't you ever? This is good on that.http://www.the-american-interest.com/2016/07/10/when-and-why-nationalism-beats-globalism/ …
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This is our America right now, at present. I did change my mind, basically a 180, but once again, not everyone will even try.pic.twitter.com/nNWqVe4jbU
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