19-12-2021, 06:28 AM
Okay, but insulting them achieves nothing, and gets you blowback that works against your own mission. You aren't beating them, in fact you are joining them. The only way to fight idiots is by being cleverer than they are, taking the high ground, and repeatedly beating them with science, reason, and honesty. The very weapons they are unable to use.
And, there will always be some you cannot convince. Cannot help. And in the long run they will suffer the consequences. The tragedy of course being that innocents will go down with them.
There are a lot of good people on Issues, they stay out of the crap and avoid the worst of it because it provides a lively space with a lot of ongoing debate. They have not experienced it the way some of us have with the really disturbing real world threats and attempted blackmail. That is the problem with zealots, they are not worried about crossing lines, or using unacceptable tactics to get their way. They don't fight fair. And in the end, because of that, they lose.
It pays not to join them in the mud.
And, there will always be some you cannot convince. Cannot help. And in the long run they will suffer the consequences. The tragedy of course being that innocents will go down with them.
There are a lot of good people on Issues, they stay out of the crap and avoid the worst of it because it provides a lively space with a lot of ongoing debate. They have not experienced it the way some of us have with the really disturbing real world threats and attempted blackmail. That is the problem with zealots, they are not worried about crossing lines, or using unacceptable tactics to get their way. They don't fight fair. And in the end, because of that, they lose.
It pays not to join them in the mud.