I know it’s counter intuitive, and emotionally challenging, but, it’s hard to argue with Daryl Davis’s results.
And then consider the alternative… leaving them unchallenged to worsen in their echo chamber, or worse, challenged so they double down. …[And/]Or unwittingly becoming them, as an opposame… the horror. A horror, we’re all better served, facing.
… Just thinking about it has me go reach for another video (or two) about his story, so inspirational, a way out… and how few of us doing it, it would take… so many of us, who do not want be either racist nor tyrant/totalitarian, vastly outnumbering those who are nazi/kkk/etc, and if we each achieve 200 conversions out of ignorance…
I know now from experience here on lemmy that a lot of people have a kneejerk reaction against the idea. Maybe not even looking into it any further to hear about it from Daryl Davis’s mouth. Presumably, largely, because it’s seen as somehow sanctifying and validating their perverse iniquitous hate-filled ignorant dangerous political philosophy and world view. And, as highlighted there^, they’re seen as a big enough threat as to evoke merely the short term safety concern and reflex (and, would not want deprive of that ~ stay safe), but not following through the longer now, the if-then-therefors, the calm consideration that we’re dis-availed in the limbic fear reflex (especially if chronically triggered, never getting a break ~ which is understandable in presence of perceived threat of being killed (or worse) by someone because of some innate trait of yours they hate), to see which way’s a race to the bottom, and which way mends it.
But because of the fortune of Daryl’s upbringing, racism was completely alien to him, and so in the shock discovery of it, there was an innocent curiosity, and benevolent will to help these people, not in an arrogant imposing way, but just a gentle presence. And that’s it. That’s really all there is to it. Not saying it’s good what they’re doing, not threatening them with violent judgement and condemnation that merely reaffirms their identity attachment to the toxic ignorant ideas and locking out their considerate forebrains in their own defensive limbic fear reflex, just being a counter-example dispels their ignorant misconceptions and short circuits the ignorant narratives, ending their bigotry and allegiance to hate groups.
200 and counting.
How many of them are there?
How many of us?
If the Chicago experiment had the effect it did on reducing violent crime and increasing community spirit from however many meditators it had, if we couple the Daryl Davis method, with the morphic-resonant-amplifying-esq implications of the Chicago experiment… Seriously, as dark as things seem now in kali yuga (the age of ignorance, when man kills man), satya yuga (the good times) is so very close in reach. Every little flap of our butterfly wings…
I know it’s counter intuitive, and emotionally challenging, but, it’s hard to argue with Daryl Davis’s results.
And then consider the alternative… leaving them unchallenged to worsen in their echo chamber, or worse, challenged so they double down. …[And/]Or unwittingly becoming them, as an opposame… the horror. A horror, we’re all better served, facing.
… Just thinking about it has me go reach for another video (or two) about his story, so inspirational, a way out… and how few of us doing it, it would take… so many of us, who do not want be either racist nor tyrant/totalitarian, vastly outnumbering those who are nazi/kkk/etc, and if we each achieve 200 conversions out of ignorance…
I know now from experience here on lemmy that a lot of people have a kneejerk reaction against the idea. Maybe not even looking into it any further to hear about it from Daryl Davis’s mouth. Presumably, largely, because it’s seen as somehow sanctifying and validating their perverse iniquitous hate-filled ignorant dangerous political philosophy and world view. And, as highlighted there^, they’re seen as a big enough threat as to evoke merely the short term safety concern and reflex (and, would not want deprive of that ~ stay safe), but not following through the longer now, the if-then-therefors, the calm consideration that we’re dis-availed in the limbic fear reflex (especially if chronically triggered, never getting a break ~ which is understandable in presence of perceived threat of being killed (or worse) by someone because of some innate trait of yours they hate), to see which way’s a race to the bottom, and which way mends it.
But because of the fortune of Daryl’s upbringing, racism was completely alien to him, and so in the shock discovery of it, there was an innocent curiosity, and benevolent will to help these people, not in an arrogant imposing way, but just a gentle presence. And that’s it. That’s really all there is to it. Not saying it’s good what they’re doing, not threatening them with violent judgement and condemnation that merely reaffirms their identity attachment to the toxic ignorant ideas and locking out their considerate forebrains in their own defensive limbic fear reflex, just being a counter-example dispels their ignorant misconceptions and short circuits the ignorant narratives, ending their bigotry and allegiance to hate groups.
200 and counting.
How many of them are there?
How many of us?
If the Chicago experiment had the effect it did on reducing violent crime and increasing community spirit from however many meditators it had, if we couple the Daryl Davis method, with the morphic-resonant-amplifying-esq implications of the Chicago experiment… Seriously, as dark as things seem now in kali yuga (the age of ignorance, when man kills man), satya yuga (the good times) is so very close in reach. Every little flap of our butterfly wings…
Bruh stop with the AI fucking shit.
Edit: I blocked your dumbass as the methods you misunderstand are niche and don’t work large scale.