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i would be curious to hear how other people deal with this. when a group or individual makes a dangerously racist or stupid comment with the expectation that you should conform to the group think. how best to react without betraying your core principles.

for example someone says “putin invaded Ukraine for no reason and is killing the babies”. this is a real case example, i tried being reasonable, i tried evidence, i tried history, i tried comparison with iraq, i offered to present the evidence, i was just dismissed. “i dont know were your getting all this from” is the standard response, or the dismissive “your entitled to your opinion”. but its not a matter of opinion its a matter of fact and the group think is v v dangerous. in the example above i cracked and said “i cant believe your that f@@ stupid”. now he is stupid but also nice. as in nice but stupid, it gets socially awkwerd but he wants me to cheer for ww3. as Assange said if a lie can start a war maybe the truth can stop one - but no one really cares about the truth, so are we all doomed to dystopia or mushroom clouds.

“Our lives begin to end the day we become silent about things that matter.” – Martin Luther King

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Most people i know appear to be “sincere” in there convictions and yet they simply refuse to consider the objective evidence. im getting tired of tolerating and being talked down to by “sincere” people who refuse to respect objective evidence. listening to both sides is correct but for nearly everyone i know its a fake excuse they use to find comfort and security in the mob. if people were rational the world wouldn't be the way it is. peoples “concern” for the truth is fake

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