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[-] carl_dungeon@lemmy.world 15 points 5 months ago

Nah, it’s sports team mentality. You can say any reasoned, logical, humanist argument you want, but people will never turn against their “team”.

[-] sharkfinsoup@lemmy.ml 5 points 5 months ago

That is verifiably wrong. Daryl Davies is a black man who has convinced dozens of members of the KKK to renounce their beliefs and their robes. You absolutely can convince people that their beliefs are wrong.

[-] carl_dungeon@lemmy.world 7 points 5 months ago

Yeah you can, but it’s damn hard. I’m aware of Daryl and he’s done great things, it it’s a tiny fraction of 1%.

[-] devfuuu@lemmy.world 5 points 5 months ago

If you have the time, the means, the resources and the will probably. Is it worth it? Most likely not.

[-] cRazi_man@lemm.ee 2 points 5 months ago

Exactly. There was a fantastic podcast episode looking at how he did this, but I can't find which specific episode it was now.

I can't believe what I said is being considered such a disagreeable hot take....but I guess that's how polarised the world has become.

[-] Elgenzay@lemmy.ml 1 points 5 months ago

You're also on Lemmy so not exactly a fair sample demographic

[-] gravityowl@lemm.ee 1 points 5 months ago

Your take is only disagreeable because of how unrealistic it is. Do you honestly think everyone else, or even better, society as a whole can implement such time-consuming and long-term methods?

I'm not arguing against the worth or effectiveness of the method. It's actually extremely impressive as a story, but is it feasible as your average way to deal with racists?

Spoiler, no it's not feasible