Perhaps - so, let's say someone holds a truly evil view. And you successfully dissuade them of it. You're saying, why should I now be kind to this person when I could rather stuff my success in the person's face? What good would that do?
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As far as I can tell, your view is that it's important to stress that, when arguing with a genocidal monster/racist/anti-semite, breaking down their worldview is good; the pain they may feel is morally irrelevant (or perhaps good?); and being unkind to them is justified. Yes?
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No, the pain is not morally irrelevant. Whether it is good or bad or neither depends on the situation. See, nuance. Not being kind can be justified, yes, especially when the abandoned belief is only one of a constellation of horrors.
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Yes, depending on the particulars of a case, almost any reaction can be justified. But the spirit of the author's message I thought was clear and the intended scope of the exhortation seemed to be cases of a more typical & pragmatic nature, not constellations of horrors.
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I can't tell if we're having a useful exchange or just kind of talking past each other. I hope not the latter, but, in any event, I wish you all the best - have to head to sleep now.
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This is precisely NOT nuanced. Nuance sees qualifications where appropriate. I don’t want to bring an anti-Semite into my circle. I want to change that person’s beliefs through reason. I don’t think that’s wrong or weird. It’s absolutely fine to point out falsehoods of this sort
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Here’s a quote from the piece: “The way to change people’s minds is to become friends with them, to integrate them into your tribe, to bring them into your circle. Now, they can change their beliefs without the risk of being abandoned socially.”/1
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