These people's mindsets are just so foreign to me I don't even know where to begin in dismantling it if ever I converse with someone who thinks like this. The fundamentals for thinking the way I...
These people's mindsets are just so foreign to me I don't even know where to begin in dismantling it if ever I converse with someone who thinks like this. The fundamentals for thinking the way I do (opposite of what these people seem to think) are filed away like my music collection; I couldn't list off to you everything I listen to, but if you'd asked me if I'd heard a song I could say yes or no. So if ever I'm confronted with such falsehoods and cherry-picked talking points these people all seem to have at the ready, I'd essentially pull a "...you're wrong, but I couldn't tell you why right now." Giving them the idea that they've won whatever debate they'd wanted to have, and that I'm too stupid to know how to counter them.
It's just maddening. It feels like any progress we have any hopes of making as a society are constantly hamstrung by backwards-thinking dimwits who keep pulling us back to again disprove and stamp out their dogmatic and destructive opinions on what's important.
The deck is always stacked against those who hold themselves to ethical principles when their reactionary opponents display actions and words that clearly show that they don't have any to begin...
The deck is always stacked against those who hold themselves to ethical principles when their reactionary opponents display actions and words that clearly show that they don't have any to begin with.
It's why I am afraid that (although going high is to be recognized, admired, encouraged, and if possible rewarded) when one is not just playing against an opponent who both does not care about the appearance of going low, but also is an opponent that controls the referees and the rules - ground can only be held at best, and is often instead lost.
These people's mindsets are just so foreign to me I don't even know where to begin in dismantling it if ever I converse with someone who thinks like this. The fundamentals for thinking the way I do (opposite of what these people seem to think) are filed away like my music collection; I couldn't list off to you everything I listen to, but if you'd asked me if I'd heard a song I could say yes or no. So if ever I'm confronted with such falsehoods and cherry-picked talking points these people all seem to have at the ready, I'd essentially pull a "...you're wrong, but I couldn't tell you why right now." Giving them the idea that they've won whatever debate they'd wanted to have, and that I'm too stupid to know how to counter them.
It's just maddening. It feels like any progress we have any hopes of making as a society are constantly hamstrung by backwards-thinking dimwits who keep pulling us back to again disprove and stamp out their dogmatic and destructive opinions on what's important.
The deck is always stacked against those who hold themselves to ethical principles when their reactionary opponents display actions and words that clearly show that they don't have any to begin with.
It's why I am afraid that (although going high is to be recognized, admired, encouraged, and if possible rewarded) when one is not just playing against an opponent who both does not care about the appearance of going low, but also is an opponent that controls the referees and the rules - ground can only be held at best, and is often instead lost.