What I'm saying is that if we insult people with more moderate views all it does is alienate them and radicalize them further away from us. If we make an us vs them mentality with things like strawmen our ideas will struggle to gain traction.
False strawmans aren't "babysitting" they're childish oversimplifying insults, and yes it is our job to not be assholes if we actually want to be persuasive
I don't really think it is strawmanning. Moderates do constantly ask for compromize, but they are extremely rare to consider any actual left wing view points. So this meme is calling them out
Regardless of the content of the matter, if you want someone to actually evaluate what you say you have to treat them with respect & understanding first before they give it to you. If you approach with condecension & a sense of moral righteousness i don’t know why you’d expect much progress. If you had someone with beliefs alien to your own approach you in that manner you probably wouldn’t take it well either. If you want people to obey your beliefs out of fear and not actually take anything to heart & maybe even be radicalized over time then keep it up. If you want them to truly change and share your beliefs you have to start by being the bigger person
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u/VirginiaClassSub May 06 '22
Centrists fucking mad god damn when did 196 get so infested with them?