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get this tattooed somewhere lmao
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as someone who grew up in a super conservative white church, I don& #39;t think it& #39;s possible to convey how much the entire concept of
"You can assess a situation & decide what to do about it!" was totally verboten.
"You can assess a situation & decide what to do about it!" was totally verboten.
we had a parent with a toddler who was just learning how to walk, & they kept bringing her to church in these long dresses that trailed on the floor. Lots of tripping, falling, & crying.
So one day I said "tell me about this dress" and turns out the in-laws gifted it .
"It& #39;s a Florida panhandle thing" was the explanation.
I was like ... girl. Are your in-laws even here? No! Why put what they want over your own kid when they& #39;re NOT EVEN HERE?"
"It& #39;s a Florida panhandle thing" was the explanation.
I was like ... girl. Are your in-laws even here? No! Why put what they want over your own kid when they& #39;re NOT EVEN HERE?"
like god bless that young mom, we& #39;ve all done stupid shit when we& #39;re broke & tired, at least she had an excuse.
but that& #39;s the level of critical thinking that goes into conservatism.
"Persuasion" assumes they think about the world in ways that they just don& #39;t do.
but that& #39;s the level of critical thinking that goes into conservatism.
"Persuasion" assumes they think about the world in ways that they just don& #39;t do.
bc when people start that kind of thinking, they don& #39;t stay conservative for long.
That& #39;s why they just train people to not think & navigate the world on fear & shame instead.
That& #39;s why they just train people to not think & navigate the world on fear & shame instead.
You could do a whole deep dive on how that creates cognitive dissonance and "so that means if we can just get through to someone-"
Stop.
Stop.
Sometimes people hit a sea change where they& #39;re willing to chuck their community, friends, social capital, a lot of their professional network, & their own family bc it& #39;s all built on injustice.
Liiiike in our church of 100-200 people, like maybe 1-5 people left a year.
Liiiike in our church of 100-200 people, like maybe 1-5 people left a year.
A small, steady stream of dissidents is already on its way out at all times.
They usually take *themselves* out. It& #39;s not bc somebody rescued them. It& #39;s bc they had the resources/lack of attachment to leave, & had developed the critical thinking to navigate their own way out.
They usually take *themselves* out. It& #39;s not bc somebody rescued them. It& #39;s bc they had the resources/lack of attachment to leave, & had developed the critical thinking to navigate their own way out.
It& #39;s also such a small number of people as to be effectively meaningless most of the time.
People keep trying to persuade/rescue white supremacists bc it hits their savior complex gspot, not because it& #39;s effective. Anybody who leaves was probably already on their way out.
People keep trying to persuade/rescue white supremacists bc it hits their savior complex gspot, not because it& #39;s effective. Anybody who leaves was probably already on their way out.
Trying to "rescue" people through "persuasion" is pointless. Conservatism is such an obvious house of cards, it& #39;s wild that the secular gentrified white left really thinks it& #39;s about "beliefs" at all.
You want a sea change? Stop chasing fish & just change the hecking sea already.
