TedescheAug 7, 2023

Daryl Davis has done more to dismantle the KKK than all the antifa folks combined ever will, and he does it through empathy, reasonable conversation, and kindness.

I’m as guilty as the next liberal of feeling so angry with Neo-Nazis that I have moments where I want them all instantly slain, but the world would be a much better place if we could all just remember that even people like that are human beings too and even if reaching out to them has a 0.01% of de-radicalizing them, attacking them always has a 0% chance.

I think Daryl Davis is just a better person than most of us.

Show threadTwystedKyndAug 7, 2023
It’s funny how I use this guy as an example of what’s actually effective rather than just making noise, and the usual response is a LOT of noise. I just ask them, how many people have you convinced to stop being racist and leave the KKK with your current “efforts”. Kindness is not weakness, it’s effective.
Show threadLanthanae
So the only question is what is the most rhetorically effective way to convince leftists that being rhetorical effective is actually really important 🤔
Aug 8, 2023 at 1:38amWeb
Show threadpinkdrunkenelephantsAug 8, 2023
Because this isn’t rhetorically effecive, it’s just one dude whose tactics in a very big-picture way are actually very dangerous.
Show threadLanthanaeAug 8, 2023
How so?
Show threadpinkdrunkenelephantsAug 8, 2023
Go meditate and ask yourself that question honestly, with no desire to defend your worldview, and you’ll have your answer.
Show threadLanthanaeAug 8, 2023
Ok I’ve done that and didn’t figure out a line of reasoning for your assertion. Would you be willing to help me understand where you’re coming from now?
Show threadTwystedKyndAug 8, 2023
That’s the thing about partisan politics being intertwined with social issues. Everyone’s so fixated on arguing with “them” that they aren’t open to anything that is less than hostile.