On the one hand, yeah. Worrying about stuff that you have barely any control over won’t get you far. But on the other hand, that guy’s vote counts as much as yours. And if he already believes such silly conspiracy theories as the flat earth theory, he will be easily swayed by whoever is the loudest contrarian.
the challenge isn’t to let him enjoy life with his stupid ass conspiracy, it’s to get him to realize for himself that he’s been duped by both strangers on the internet and Conservative conspiracies. Deradicalizing and then radicalizing is hard as fuck
Weird that the OOP thinks it’s “intellectual superiority” to simply have your facts straight.
Given that stupid and uninformed (or misinformed) people get a vote on topics that affect me, no. I’m not gonna let slide that people believe outright provably wrong bullshit. It’s still a problem.
Fortunately those people got to see Biden-the-corpse for themselves in the last debate. I thought it was hopeless too, but the tide is turning. Hopefully we can blast through the deep-state/election fraud wall in November.
You want to put Trump back in…? Did you forget how he ran things 2016-2020, plus Jan 6th, a literal (but horribly executed) coup attempt?
Given the rulings from the recent rulings from the Supreme Court, Trump will be emboldened to do whatever he wants “with immunity”. I just can’t wrap my head around how anyone thinks this is a good idea.
You still believe the Jan 6 hoax?
We used to make fun of people like this. Humiliate them. Alas, no more. Everyone’s opinion is now valuable.
Humiliating people does not help them grow, study suggests
it’s just as equally effective to break dumb beliefs like this as reasoning is, and both are far more effective than empathy, according to studies.
I’m going to need a source for those claims.
GIYF. the paper is out there, published and reviewed. circa 2021, I think.
You made the claim, you provide the source.
I can totally understand not really wanting to engage with these stupid people but to suggest that it doesn’t matter that he believes that is disingenuous.
If he’s stupid enough to think the Earth is flat then he is stupid enough to do other things in his actual job wrong or in a dangerous manner.
Anyone stupid enough to believe the earth is flat will kill you by accident.
You believe so many things that are obviously not true. We all do. Have some compassion.
Nope, I’ve tolerated the stupidity of these kinds of idiots long enough. I’m done with wasting compassion on the hopeless.
Do unto others, friend. They tolerate your BS, why don’t you do the same?
