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[–] FireTower 3 points 3 months ago (1 children)

Some people have problems in their life and it is convenient to believe they are do to an outgroup. You mention knowledge against it but these people live their lives and insert their instilled prejudices to explain the flaws, making them have (fake) first hand proof of their beliefs.

[–] Don_Dickle 2 points 3 months ago (1 children)

Ok while I may agree. But my father taught me when I was younger that a black woman has no place in this world so you will have to work extra harder to overcome hate and other things....my question is was he right? I say this as a now 41 year old.

[–] FireTower 2 points 3 months ago

a black woman has no place in this world...

Wrong on this half, in that the factors of your birth & immutable traits or public opinion of those can't prevent you from have a place here regardless of any opinions.

...you will have to work extra harder to overcome hate and other things...

You would know the answer from you past 41 yrs better than I would.

[–] HollowNaught 3 points 3 months ago (1 children)

As someone who's had several long debates with a neonazi on discord, it usually boils down to them saying "Goldbloom controls you, all your arguments are therefore nullified"

Their aptitude for dismissing information is amazing

[–] thesporkeffect 3 points 2 months ago (1 children)

Which is why we don't debate them, and avoid giving them a public platform!

[–] HollowNaught 3 points 2 months ago

After we had our fun with them we banned them. We still laugh about it to this day

[–] Linkerbaan 3 points 3 months ago

People just want an easy scapegoat, and there are many parties willing to sell them one.

Knowledge against racism has existed for millennia. Time is a flat circle.

[–] [email protected] 2 points 3 months ago (2 children)

Incel = involuntary celibate

You become one by not being able to find a life partner or even a one night stand. Not something I'd really blame the individual for.

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[–] saltesc 2 points 3 months ago

A lot of it comes from experiences they've had.

[–] [email protected] 2 points 3 months ago* (last edited 3 months ago)

Humanity has this default setting where tribalism = TRUE, and social media gives you a place where you can form new tribes around anything and everything all of the time. As a matter of fact, it tends to encourage modern day tribalism. Why do you think antivaxxers and flat earth are a thing. In ancient times that sort of behavior was confined to the house of the local village idiot.

[–] gedaliyah 2 points 3 months ago* (last edited 3 months ago)

Bigotry has never been about ignorance. It has always been about manufacturing social division through propaganda.

[–] drunkpostdisaster 2 points 3 months ago (5 children)

For incels there really is no other community for them. Hell, even if you are liberal there are not many mens spaces for you.

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[–] vorpalMachine 2 points 3 months ago

They are being constantly bombarded with algorithm-fueled targeted media designed to make them feel just good enough about themselves to keep watching the next video of 'woke woman gets owned on camera and everybody claps'. Source: my childhood friend gets recommended this trash daily on his youtube homepage. I try to push against it without re-enforcing the narrative that The Liberals are the reason why he doesn't have any friends. I don't think it's working.

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