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Replying to Avatar Chris Liss

heard all those things, but also got into with a guy who was emotional and upset when I told him I was “considering” voting for Trump.

But as we talked, I challenged a lot of his beliefs about climate change, etc. And my wife told me by the end he looked shaken like he had gotten beaten up in a fight. And I was nice about it, but the cognitive dissonance apparently took a toll.

I have no idea if it had a lasting impact, but I planted a seed. Thing about the guy (was British) was that he was a sensible and anti-authoritarian type of person which is why he was able to have the discussion. And there are a lot of those types who were liberal because they thought that was being for the underdog and don’t realize they’re now for the authoritarians.

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Sovereign Being 1y ago

I probably need to refine my approach, admittedly. I try to make it fairly light-hearted but I struggle to get through to the types of people who are stuck in their mainstream bubbles. I'm not really trying to convince people of my thinking, but have conversations outside of the typical shit people converse about. I'm okay with being an outlier and all the ignorant ridicule that comes with it.

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