I find trying to assign reasoning to the unreasonable a waste of time. The bigot personality doesn’t respond to anything except the fear of consequences.
So you show up in public, in huge numbers, and demonstrate that bad behavior isn’t welcome. They’ll retreat to the edges of society until the next would-be despot shows up. Hopefully in less numbers over time.
Obviously I can only speak from my own experience but for me figuring out how they came to whatever false conclusion means I can work backwards and maybe get them out. I know the logic is flawed but I am an optimist.
It has worked for my mother though, once I was able to speak to her from her perspective it was much easier to show her the flaws in her “logic”.
If it worked once it can work again and I will never stop trying.
An asshole doesn’t need an excuse to be an asshole.
No they don’t but they sure like to cling to them when given.
I find trying to assign reasoning to the unreasonable a waste of time. The bigot personality doesn’t respond to anything except the fear of consequences.
So you show up in public, in huge numbers, and demonstrate that bad behavior isn’t welcome. They’ll retreat to the edges of society until the next would-be despot shows up. Hopefully in less numbers over time.
Obviously I can only speak from my own experience but for me figuring out how they came to whatever false conclusion means I can work backwards and maybe get them out. I know the logic is flawed but I am an optimist.
It has worked for my mother though, once I was able to speak to her from her perspective it was much easier to show her the flaws in her “logic”.
If it worked once it can work again and I will never stop trying.