"There is no point in countering anyone's extremist views because persuasion is impossible." I'm hearing this from so many on the left, esp @nberlat. First of all, yes, I agree, persuading the person him/herself who expressed the views is hard & best done in person, through
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friendship (if you wish to attempt it). But persuading OTHERS who are listening is very possible. And that can only be done by speaking out against those extremist views & spreading your own better ideas in place of the bad ones.
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I KNOW that persuasion works because people have persuaded me. Sometimes after debates that became very heated (I hate quite a fight with
@HPluckrose about a year ago -- but she won me over to her point of view.) And I have VERY often been persuaded by things third parties2 replies 0 retweets 8 likesShow this thread
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