this post was submitted on 28 Nov 2024
981 points (96.5% liked)

memes

10705 readers
2404 users here now

Community rules

1. Be civilNo trolling, bigotry or other insulting / annoying behaviour

2. No politicsThis is non-politics community. For political memes please go to [email protected]

3. No recent repostsCheck for reposts when posting a meme, you can only repost after 1 month

4. No botsNo bots without the express approval of the mods or the admins

5. No Spam/AdsNo advertisements or spam. This is an instance rule and the only way to live.

Sister communities

founded 2 years ago
MODERATORS
[email protected]
[email protected]
[email protected]
981
Good luck today, friends (slrpnk.net)
submitted 4 weeks ago by [email protected] to c/[email protected]
103 comments fedilink hide all child comments
 
you are viewing a single comment's thread
view the rest of the comments
[–] [email protected] 0 points 4 weeks ago (3 children)

That is verifiably wrong. Daryl Davies is a black man who has convinced dozens of members of the KKK to renounce their beliefs and their robes. You absolutely can convince people that their beliefs are wrong.

[–] [email protected] 7 points 4 weeks ago

Yeah you can, but it’s damn hard. I’m aware of Daryl and he’s done great things, it it’s a tiny fraction of 1%.

[–] [email protected] 5 points 4 weeks ago

If you have the time, the means, the resources and the will probably. Is it worth it? Most likely not.

[–] [email protected] -1 points 4 weeks ago (2 children)

Exactly. There was a fantastic podcast episode looking at how he did this, but I can't find which specific episode it was now.

I can't believe what I said is being considered such a disagreeable hot take....but I guess that's how polarised the world has become.

[–] [email protected] 0 points 4 weeks ago

You're also on Lemmy so not exactly a fair sample demographic

[–] [email protected] 0 points 4 weeks ago

Your take is only disagreeable because of how unrealistic it is. Do you honestly think everyone else, or even better, society as a whole can implement such time-consuming and long-term methods?

I'm not arguing against the worth or effectiveness of the method. It's actually extremely impressive as a story, but is it feasible as your average way to deal with racists?

Spoiler, no it's not feasible