People often say “why bother” when I talk about how I try to talk to people around me to change their minds. It doesn’t work, they tell me. I even tell them, “Well, not online”. But, that isn’t true. So much of where we are can be traced back to organized efforts by Nazis recruiting people on the dark web and Reddit. They changed minds. Where’s our counter movement? I know there's sources to educate ourselves, where's our organized strategy, our manipulative think tank? Point me there, please.
@tippitiwichet I used to think that it was pointless because you're not likely to change the person's mind in the moment but a bystander listening in might be convinced so the strategy is be rational, friendly, kind, clear, and passionate.
@GalibyGolly Lol, that reminds me of a time someone "was trolling me". I let them. They had a lot of followers, so every time they "owned" me, I would quietly state my position. I wasn't talking to them at all. I was talking to their followers, and laughing at them when they thought I was being clueless bait.