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Check out how many minds this man has changed. https://www.npr.org/2017/08/20/544861933/how-one-man-convinced-200-ku-klux-klan-members-to-give-up-their-robes ht

• mschuster91 9y ago
  This, sorry, were different times, however I admire the patience of this man. Today it is possible for someone to hear, watch and read only fake news all day without having any kind of dissenting viewpoint, compared to prior times where the only exposure was the weekly KKK gathering and maybe some letters. It is way harder (or impossible!) to break through the psychological walls the exposure to this shit creates. In addition, today's fake news and right wing propaganda is specifically engineered to appeal to the lowest prime instincts only, and Facebook's algorithms only intensify the problem as they keep feeding you more and more poison.
  • mixmastamyk 9y ago
    Ten years ago I would still try to engage “TV watching folks” about the things I had read about, for example re: Sept 11. Only later realized I never had a chance, versus the corporate idiot box on in their house 4+ hours a day.