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That's the only path to getting these people turned around. They've, rightly, been called cultists and fascists. Keep telling them they're wrong, they double down. We already saw this the first time around.
I'm very forthcoming when I'm wrong, but I still have an easier time saying I was bamboozled than plain stupid.
That's how I see it.
There's also something that folks forget about people that get suckered in like this: It's not their first rodeo.
Imagine you're someone that gets below average marks in school, makes a lot of simple mistakes, and has to work to meet average expectations in life. All this gets called out and checked a lot by people that seem to be having an easier time at everything. A lesson the world teaches people like this is: never admit you screwed up, because maybe this time nobody noticed. It's an environment where you just get emotionally beat up if you don't protect yourself. So, to me at least, it's not a surprise that a lot of people react to being called out by defending their ego every way they know how.
That’s a fresh and compassionate perspective, thank you.
The issue is that they haven’t learned a damn thing. So we’re not out of the woods. They’ll vote in another T like person/administration because former cult members are attracted to cult leaders. I need to start accepting that for the rest of my life, us will be an extra shitty place to live in.
Re-educate who you can, help the lost the best you can, educate the young as if humanity depends on it. Ignorance isn't a lack of ability, but often due to lack of some resource. You'll never sit in the shade of the trees you plant, and that's also something we all need to accept
If you , they'll just double down.
At least if I mock them for being blindingly stupid racist bigots, it satisfies me as they double down.