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Oh I do agree. I just try my best to study the optimal ways of reaching these people. The disconnect is that the pressures they feel are often legitimate; it's just that church, their social circles, their lack of education and travel, social media, fox news and affiliates redirect their attention to the wrong root problems over and over again every day.
If I tell these victims to fuck off or ghost them, history shows that tends to send them further down the rabbit-hole of ignorance.
Not saying I have all the answers, just saying what I struggle with.
Also agreed. I just happen to believe that real growth takes hard work and self examination, something most people aren’t willing to do. Most have no desire to overcome and instead just become complacent. I find this to be a moral failure as well.
I don’t know if there is an optimal way to reach these people, or any way at all. This same stain of lazy, willfully ignorant, selfishness has been a mainstay of American culture for at least my entire life.
Shame them and make them afraid more than the Nazis are doing.
Keep telling them they destroyed America and God knows what they’ve done.
Hasn’t worked so far but I’ll keep it up.
The optimal way to reach them is the same way they fell in. Shame and fear. That’s why they keep pushing the idea that psychology says that doesn’t work. That’s a lie. It works on these people incredibly well.
Do exactly as they did decades ago. “No family of mine would vote for Trump” if they push “now i know you’re not a bad person i don’t know why you insist on pretending you like a rapist” “here’s my letter that tells you why you have turned away from all that is good and right and I’ll be praying for your soul until that time comes where you’ve denounced Satan from your heart” or a little “WHAT ARE YOU??!?!?! A NAZI?! GET OUT OF AMERICA IF YOU HATE IT SO MUCH “ etc etc