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Originally Posted by PepsiFree
Sorry, I actually blended you and RichieRich into one person on the LGB thing. That’s my bad.
But my point about the vague generalities stands. It’s fine to “both sides” the thing to death I guess, but while doing that you’re not actually listening or engaging with one side with any honesty, so it’s a bit meaningless, right? Very easy to say, and very easy to hand waive the entire discussion away as some silly “two extremes going at it” thing, but what are the extremes you’re talking about?
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Fair. Asking why a particular side believes what they believe in and truly understanding their POV. It’s not that hard to do but it seems like conclusions are drawn on the smallest perceived point.
Re: the Jordan Peterson quip previously. I couldn’t care less. I respect the guy to some degree because some of it is logical until he get sidetracked but I digress. I was annoyed that someone will discredit you with just a couple words instead of the message of understanding. So let’s take the extreme right and talk about why Russians would want to kill people. Ask why? Is it cultural? Okay, why is that? And you dog further and further to understand that there may be misconceptions they have and work towards breaking those down over time. Instead we have niggling at the most ridiculous things. Lanny’s been really logical in what he’s written here.