• CasualPenguin@reddthat.com
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    6 days ago

    The issue is you can’t teach someone who not only doesn’t want to learn, they react in opposition to the idea of understanding anything outside of emotional reactions.

    • ToastedPlanet@lemmy.blahaj.zone
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      6 days ago

      That’s where cult deprogramming comes into play. There are people who specialize in getting people out of that kind of mindset your argument describes. The rest of us need to do our part and educate, even if it doesn’t always have the impact we hope in the moment.