• Burn_The_Right@lemmy.world
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    11 months ago

    That’s very nice, but it will not be effective. This approach is the default approach for polite progressives and has failed for decades. The result is an environment where conservatives become more conservative despite the brief positive interactions.

    The world’s knowledge is available to them when they decide to seek it. Including them in conversations is only placating and distracting the progressive. It is not shifting anything substantial for the conservative.

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        11 months ago

        In the context of modern conservatives, their entire worldview negates progress and caring about people. Decades of experience have proven that this is the case.