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Dismissing your opponents as "bad faith" and "completely unaware of the absurdity" and "frivolous" is a good indication that your own beliefs may be so. You are
by burfog 7y ago
Dismissing your opponents as "bad faith" and "completely unaware of the absurdity" and "frivolous" is a good indication that your own beliefs may be so. You are completely blocking out any consideration of your opponents. This suggests that you fear becoming convinced that they are right. You fear being forced to confront the fact that your own beliefs have not come about by a rational decision-making process.
- minikites 7y agoWhat rational decision making process results in believing that people with darker skin are sub-human?
- nostrademons 7y agoPeople don't make decisions rationally. If you want to change peoples' minds, you have to engage with the emotions underneath their rationalizations.