I get this but there’s this thing called the contact hypothesis. Friendly contact with people makes it harder to hate them. I’ve heard many stories of people w

I get this but there’s this thing called the contact hypothesis. Friendly contact with people makes it harder to hate them. I’ve heard many stories of people who were once racists or some other kind of bigot losing that attitude from living close to people of the other ethnic group. It’s common. It’s a major hypothesis for why xenophobia is more popular in rural areas: lack of contact with out groups. But if you instantly call someone out for their views, condemn them, take a self righteous position, that doesn’t happen. It might even have the opposite effect. So maybe let the bigot next door borrow some eggs. Smile at them. But make sure they know it if you’re one of the people their dogma or emotional conditioning says they’re supposed to hate. Might change someone’s mind every now and then. It’s also important to note that people often don’t change their minds quickly. Seeds get planted. Experiences that contradict a dogma or an unexamined conditioned attitude are noted. The brain slowly updates its priors.