Millennials are bucking trends, becoming an increasingly progressive voting bloc and rewriting the long-held rules of politics, writes Isabella Higgins.
Millennials are bucking trends, becoming an increasingly progressive voting bloc and rewriting the long-held rules of politics, writes Isabella Higgins.
I don’t believe in free will and thus don’t blame him for having those views. It’s the result of his environment - not a conscious choice. For as long as he isn’t hurting anyone else, it’s a thought-crime at best.
I wrote a big wordy reply but I think based on your lackadaisical attitude to bigotry we’re just not gonna see eye to eye so I’ll just wish you a good day
You’re willing to cut contact with anyone who doesn’t pass your purity test - I’m not.
Cutting ties with one of my oldest friend wouldn’t make him less racist; it would just remove the one person who still pushes back on his worst ideas. Same reason I bothered replying to you instead of blocking the second you started moral grandstanding. One of us is willing to talk to people we disagree with. The other isn’t.
Take care.
After a time it becomes a choice, and if you stay that way from fear of rejection from your human group (maybe the racist family that taught it to you) well, you’re a coward, plain and simple. To be real, most don’t stay that way because of social pressure.
I genuinely meant what I said about not believing in free will. You don’t have to share that belief, but if you’re going to argue against my view, you can’t just ignore this crucial detail.
If I was able to craft a perfect counterargument against their racist views, then they would helplessly change their mind about it and there would be no freedom in it. It’s like claiming that 1 + 1 = 3 and someone then teaching them math and they actually understanding it. No matter how cherished that belief was, they’d be forced to change their mind kicking and screaming. There’s zero freedom in being convinced by a well-crafted argument, and this works in both directions.