Where I live, it’s quite multicultural so I’ve felt the need to address racism less but I know I’ve spoken up in cases of sexism. I even lost my job over that (among a list of other issues I brought up).
The greatest challenge for me in redirecting hate towards the people who deserve it, such as people who hoard wealth as a way to control other people, is speaking in a way that as many people can understand. To me this means trying to be as simple and descriptive as possible. This not only helps me to be understood by a larger portion of people, but also makes it harder for angry people to defend their awful views.
Avoiding trending words has been very important in my attempts. All these new words and labels seemed to be used to hide the fact that these angry people don’t actually know what they believe in. Often they will also change topics rapidly. Combining a list of the latest words or labels and too many topics, that can be used to overwhelm their opponent. I say opponent because they don’t have conversations, just uninformed debates.
Staying on point and continuing to be clear and simple in my message is exhausting though. I once made a guy shit talking women and trans people disappear for a month in shame after calling him out. That came at a cost of my own mental stability for a while afterwards. I did make it very clear that I didn’t want him gone, just for him to stop with the hate filled attitude.
I still doubt how effective this is but at least I can find some joy in making these angry souls squirm as I plainly describe their actions and awful views.
It’s still so exhausting. It really feels like some people depend on the thought of a god in a machine to come save them. Even if that god says he will take everyones freedom and wealth to only save himself. They simply believe they are right because they tell themselves they are right. That seems to be all the justification they need.
I don’t know how a person can counter that way of thinking with out dedicating large amounts of time to deprogramming and teaching all these angry individuals. I also don’t have the resources manipulators marketing has to spread a more positive message. And neither do any of my friends, family or like minded people.
Where I live, it’s quite multicultural so I’ve felt the need to address racism less but I know I’ve spoken up in cases of sexism. I even lost my job over that (among a list of other issues I brought up).
The greatest challenge for me in redirecting hate towards the people who deserve it, such as people who hoard wealth as a way to control other people, is speaking in a way that as many people can understand. To me this means trying to be as simple and descriptive as possible. This not only helps me to be understood by a larger portion of people, but also makes it harder for angry people to defend their awful views.
Avoiding trending words has been very important in my attempts. All these new words and labels seemed to be used to hide the fact that these angry people don’t actually know what they believe in. Often they will also change topics rapidly. Combining a list of the latest words or labels and too many topics, that can be used to overwhelm their opponent. I say opponent because they don’t have conversations, just uninformed debates.
Staying on point and continuing to be clear and simple in my message is exhausting though. I once made a guy shit talking women and trans people disappear for a month in shame after calling him out. That came at a cost of my own mental stability for a while afterwards. I did make it very clear that I didn’t want him gone, just for him to stop with the hate filled attitude.
I still doubt how effective this is but at least I can find some joy in making these angry souls squirm as I plainly describe their actions and awful views.
It’s still so exhausting. It really feels like some people depend on the thought of a god in a machine to come save them. Even if that god says he will take everyones freedom and wealth to only save himself. They simply believe they are right because they tell themselves they are right. That seems to be all the justification they need.
I don’t know how a person can counter that way of thinking with out dedicating large amounts of time to deprogramming and teaching all these angry individuals. I also don’t have the resources
manipulatorsmarketing has to spread a more positive message. And neither do any of my friends, family or like minded people.