If god didn´t want those children to starve, why would he have made them sick in the first place?
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this post was submitted on 31 Jul 2025
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A media that's packed to the brim with eugenicists will literally look at a kid with cerebral palsy and conclude "Why would I want this person to eat?"
I wonder how does one even begin changing their beliefs and values at that point, like what does a therapist suggest?
Attrition and radical empathy.
That's the only thing I've seen work. People that far deep need a consistent message that is always transparent and empathetic with their emotions. This will erode the core beliefs until the cognitive dissonance between what they are told the opposing message means and what the proponents of the message actually display cracks an opening for self-assessment and reevaluation.
This is why bigotry and fascism work on the premise of ultra-individualist isolationism. Same why cults first line of recruitment is to isolate the individual from society and their previous social network. You can't get your beliefs eroded if you never have contact with people who think different than you.
Once they get in contact with the people they were told to hate and realize that said people aren't the monsters they were told, and that their ideas are actually logical and consistent, they can find a socially approved permission to question their preconceived notions and admit fault. Unfortunately, achieving this conditions can be challenging, and it is also why algorithmically curated propaganda (social media) is so effective at spreading hate and misinformation.
Unfortunately our leaders and media still support this. Until we revolt and shut America down until this ends, it won't.
caitlyn johnstone is trash though, you can post screenshots of non-trash if you want to support this opinion
do you actually think I object to her criticisms of israel https://vatniksoup.com/en/soups/179/
That is a lot of ad hominems. If I'm only allowed to post people who are always right who would that be?
If someone says it’s raining outside, and you say they are trash. I’m going to infer that you don’t think it’s raining outside. Should we not a support a weapons ban for Israel because Marjorie Taylor Green proposed it in Congress? Prioritize policy over personality politics.