> "You cannot reason people out of a position that they did not reason themselves into." I disagree 100%, and the fact that atheism is steadily growing, even a

> "You cannot reason people out of a position that they did not reason themselves into." I disagree 100%, and the fact that atheism is steadily growing, even among formerly devout Christians, the admirable success of Daryl Davis convincing KKK members to renounce their own hate, and the numerous examples of collaboration for a common cause between groups that should hate each other, like the KKK and the black Panthers, all demonstrate that this claim is flat out wrong. Instead, what your cute catchphrase typically represents is an excuse to justify your own hate for an outgroup. Often understandably borne of frustration from impatience to learn about or inability to understand the motivations or experiences of an outgroup, and a subsequent assignment of negative qualities to them, because obviously you're not the problem (the "bias blind spot").