• stevedidWHAT@lemmy.world
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    10 months ago

    Right, so conservatives don’t have goodwill which means they’ll twist anything regardless, self defeating argument

    See point 1.

    Wasn’t putting you in any box, just pointing out that generalization is bad, and that you were participating in that behavior. People will think what they want and not being informed enough of what the social implications of words mean is exactly why both sides are at odds. Get it or don’t get it.

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      10 months ago

      Well I appreciate the reasonable response. I do think it’s important to reduce the ability of conservatives to twist liberal actions but you are right that a good portion will find a way to do it anyways :/

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        10 months ago

        If you’re interested, and I think you may be, look into the solution to tolerance of the intolerant, cleared a lot of misgivings I had about the concept