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[–] [email protected] 9 points 18 hours ago (5 children)

Yes, because we haven't been calling them fools for years, maybe we should try it! Maybe it'll work and not just drive them further and further away from sanity out of spite!

[–] [email protected] 1 points 1 hour ago

I agree that the mocking approach doesn’t work in terms of enacting change. I’m still in favor of it for our own sakes just because it’s fun.

[–] [email protected] 5 points 8 hours ago (1 children)

This guy gets it.

Demonizing the south as inbred yokels who can't read doesn't get them to listen to you, it just reinforces their xenophobic ideas about how the Liberal Elite are mocking them.

Source: Am Southern Leftist.

[–] [email protected] 6 points 7 hours ago (1 children)

I guess I should just be nice to people who want me dead.

[–] [email protected] 2 points 7 hours ago (1 children)

Yesn't

You gotta take a "Do no harm, but take no shit." attitude and walk a fine line: Speak softly, carry a big stick.

[–] [email protected] 3 points 7 hours ago

Naa, they can get fucked. I'm not gonna try to smooth talk them. Have some self-respect.

[–] [email protected] 1 points 16 hours ago

Americans love nothing more than to wallow in their own filth while pointing and laughing at their neighbors.

I am smart. You are dumb. That's why we're in this mess together.

[–] [email protected] 17 points 17 hours ago (1 children)

We've also been trying to explain facts but that's even less effective.

[–] [email protected] -3 points 16 hours ago (1 children)

Some people have been trying, sure. But most just choose to try and prove their superiority by being as obnoxious as possible.

And no, saying what you believe to be right in a condescending matter is not "trying to explain facts".

[–] [email protected] 18 points 16 hours ago

You lay out the bare facts. Proof is demanded. You lay out proof: studies, papers, data. The response is that the data is made up and that these so-called scientist and experts are not to be trusted. That's followed up that it's all the fault of Kamela anyway because she slept her way to the top or something similar. Oh yes, great conversations.

[–] [email protected] 5 points 18 hours ago* (last edited 18 hours ago)

You should try setting an example next time.