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I guess I missed the parable about beating up someone to boost your self esteem...
I wonder how they figured it out.
There is plenty to be scared of and there is tons of it around!
On the plus side 'greed' one of the things their lord preached against!!
"Now in HD," NO!
I'm a high school English teacher. I teach argument to seniors. They can choose their issue and position. I teach them how to support their claims with CREDIBLE evidence. Until this last year, I've never had a problem with my right wing students.
This last year however, this crop seemed armed with a disdain for science and actual facts - even the US Constitution unlike any time I've seen in my career.
They would openly bash gays especially. I'd find myself reaching back into the recesses of my past knowledge to shut down all the vile crap they were spewing.
Now, I could have simply shut them up for being disruptive. Most would. Some of my other students wish I would have. But the lesson I was trying to teach was that they would see me as an oppressor and become more galvanized in their position. They would ultimately have won.
Of the five little haters, I managed to get 3 of them to at least come back to a more moderate view. They still didn't want gay marriage. They still thought being gay was a choice, but they at least were giving up on a lot of their more extreme ideas and gave up trying to spew their ignorance to others. Most importantly, they began to recognize the disrespect they were showing towards their peers.
A start. They didn't see me as trying to sell an agenda. Just reason.
I do my best not to preach, and I rigorously avoid telling them that their beliefs are "wrong", but I am damn sure going to call them out if they confuse their beliefs with provable truths and attempt to claim that logic supports them.
You one of those who don't believe in dolphins swim in rivers.
That, and they can't lynch any more.