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You can't reason someone out of a position they didn't reason themselves into.

• Pet_Ant 5y ago
  Sometimes if you can discover what motivates a person then expose it to then, in the light of day it loses it's power. A lot of arguments in couple's counselling resolve this way. But that requires listening to them, as people, not dismissing them. See what what it's really about
  • gzer0 5y ago
    > But that requires listening to them, as people, not dismissing them. See what what it's really about You cannot listen to someone if they do not do the same back. From my own experience, questions are always deflected, even simple ones. I want to learn how and why they think, however, when I propose questions to do exactly that, it is taken as a personal insult rather than curiosity.
  • api 5y ago
    This depends on the basic goodwill to listen and a desire to reconcile, which usually exists between couples but does not exist in this case. In my experience the antivaxxers are utterly entrenched and view the other side as "the enemy," and even more so since Trump made it a part of the hyper-partisan divide.