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CommanderM2192@lemmy.world ⁨1⁩ ⁨year⁩ ago

I have asked them about it, and it generally goes one of two ways depending on which way they identify.

Rightwing: “Because it’s in the Bible.”

Leftwing: “I don’t know, I just think that.”

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MotoAsh@lemmy.world ⁨1⁩ ⁨year⁩ ago
If a leftist cannot explain to you the reasonings behind their stances… They are a TERRIBLE leftist. Are you shre you’ve actually talked to people?!

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- CommanderM2192@lemmy.world ⁨1⁩ ⁨year⁩ ago
  I promise you, I know someone who has met only a single Palestinian in their entire life here in America and now believes that at least 80% of Palestinians in Gaza are not bigots because this one person isn’t. I also know somebody who has apparently found “leftist Qanon” and now believes that Hamas is good and literally has not murdered a single baby in Israel.
  
  Who knows? Maybe the area I live in has just been polluted by something? Or maybe COVID fried everyone’s brain? I did move away for most of my life and only came back just before COVID.
  
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  - MotoAsh@lemmy.world ⁨1⁩ ⁨year⁩ ago
    I know you’ve met people like that.
    
    The problem is you’re attempting to treat them as some beacon of political wisdom.
    
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    CommanderM2192@lemmy.world ⁨1⁩ ⁨year⁩ ago
    What?
    
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bstix@feddit.dk ⁨1⁩ ⁨year⁩ ago
Those are good answers. Not for understanding, but because it shows that they admittedly don’t really know, so they’ll now have to think about it.

It would be tempting to keep questioning why they believe in the bible or believe in something they don’t know, but that would likely only result in them getting angry and potentially digging further into their trench.

Don’t push them. You’ve already sown the first seed. Just step back and let them think. Maybe address the issue a while later and hear if they’ve become more open to alternative takes ln the issue. That’s the entire point.

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