I agree that his approach won’t work for every use case. But I still think a approach rooted in hate will only “kick the can down the road”.
You don’t have to be friendly, but treating people with basic human dignity and just talking can go a long way.
Keeping the lines of communication open is our last line if defense against violence. When that fails people die.
When I hear about people wanting to ‘kill all the fascists’, I think about Putins extermination of ‘Nazis’ in Ukraine. I’m not sure if I’m falling into a ‘slippery slope’ fallacy here. I just don’t want people killing each other - even if the people dying have hateful brainrot.
As a person of color, I always hate this example because it forces the victimized to be the force of change.
Imagine: “Gay folks, those Nazis actively trying to kill you? Just work harder at being friendly and changing their hearts.”
Or “Ladies, look. Some of you may die. But with enough work, you can really convert these hateful incels into upstanding human beings.”
I’m not discounting his work and I think he did something amazing. But there’s a survivors bias here.
I agree that his approach won’t work for every use case. But I still think a approach rooted in hate will only “kick the can down the road”.
You don’t have to be friendly, but treating people with basic human dignity and just talking can go a long way.
Keeping the lines of communication open is our last line if defense against violence. When that fails people die.
When I hear about people wanting to ‘kill all the fascists’, I think about Putins extermination of ‘Nazis’ in Ukraine. I’m not sure if I’m falling into a ‘slippery slope’ fallacy here. I just don’t want people killing each other - even if the people dying have hateful brainrot.