How would you approach persuading a far extreme conservative toward center? What would you set as a realistic goal for a productive discourse? Would it be better attempt to do so in person rather than online?
How would you approach persuading a far extreme conservative toward center? What would you set as a realistic goal for a productive discourse? Would it be better attempt to do so in person rather than online?
Force them to interact with queers and minorities. Treating them the same as they treat us.
Dad: I had a really neat experience at work today!
Me: Yeah?
Dad: S (Indian) came into work with food from home and he brought me some!
Me: Did you like it?
Dad: Yeah it was good, he was really great. Why can’t they all be like that?
Me: Who’s they?
Dad: All those people from other countries!
Me: Do you meet a lot of people from other countries?
Dad: Well, no, but you hear a lot about them
Me: From where?
Dad: You now, places, other people, tv.
Me: They’re not really any different than we are, there are open and friendly people and closed and private people. Some want to make friends and be nice, some just want to get along and work.
Dad: That’s not what I hear.
Me: Maybe what you hear is wrong. You know, stories told my people who stand to profit from keeps us angry at each other?
Dad: Bah, you can’t make money from that.
Me: …
Haha it’s true though, most people are just, you know… People. I haven’t been everywhere, but I’ve been to a few countries other than my own and all the differences are negligible except maybe not understanding the language. You see just as many differences in culture traveling to other states within the US; but a lot of these ignorant people haven’t even done that.
It’s also kinda true that food brings different cultures together like no other. How can you hate people who make hella good food?!
Just traveling between the different megaregions in the US often feels like traveling internationally, but without the hassle of passports and borders. They speak the same language and literally inhabit the same country, but everything just feels different. I can’t quite place it.