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Right, but that's also where it's up to us to help call it out.
AOC's fighting exactly our fight, and the minute we get complacent, I say that's where we suck.
Right. Use these kind of hypocritical acts as ammunition with conservative supporters. They'll fight you. They'll get angry and defensive. They'll say it's not the same.
Don't let them get away with it. It is the same. Just keep saying that. Call them delusional. Call them out of touch.
Embarras the fuck out of them. They might not change their minds, but they will shut the fuck up and maybe even have second thoughts when voting.
That isn't how anything works though. The Backfire Effect and Confirmation Bias are the reason they dig their heels in harder the more you go to facts and figures. They don't care about reality. Even worse, when you engage them, it gives them an audience for the slapfight so they can show off to others how good they are at "debating," which in this context means "saying Ben Shapiro lines then looking smug"
Exactly. The way to win people over isn’t to smash up their house and then tell them to build themselves one like yours. You need to build them a better place to live that feels doable for them and ask them to move in. Forgive my metaphor but it makes sense to me.