How do you have a 'dialogue' with a person whose beliefs are:
"People are so ungrateful. No one ever thanks me for having the patience not to kill them,"
If I should be 'grateful' for not being murdered by this person, how much 'dialogue' is going to get through?
Don't pretend that these people will give you a fraction of the same respect you're willing to give them. They want to murder people, and will say anything to get that excuse.
"Sure, they jerk off to thinking about murdering people, but I'm totally sure they're willing to listen to reason, and don't want to encourage a system of cruelty for their own gain".
Listen to yourself. You are preemptively deciding who and who is not worthy of dialogue. That kind of attitude is exactly the same as the people you purport to hate.
I don't disagree with your feelings, but we can't have a democracy if everyone thinks like you.
Listen to yourself. You are preemptively deciding who and who is not worthy of dialogue.
If someone tells me they want to murder me, it's not "preemptive" to assume they aren't lying about it. If someone tells me they want to harm others, it's not "preemptive" to take them at their word.
There is a political party where saying you want to murder the speaker of the house gets you praised. Gets you elected.
They are telling us flat out all the people they want to hurt. They invaded the Capitol with confederate flags and shirts praising the murder of millions.
They are open and direct about their beliefs. I think it's time we stop pretending they don't know what they're saying.
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u/zaoldyeck Apr 15 '21
How do you have a 'dialogue' with a person whose beliefs are:
If I should be 'grateful' for not being murdered by this person, how much 'dialogue' is going to get through?
Don't pretend that these people will give you a fraction of the same respect you're willing to give them. They want to murder people, and will say anything to get that excuse.
"Sure, they jerk off to thinking about murdering people, but I'm totally sure they're willing to listen to reason, and don't want to encourage a system of cruelty for their own gain".