sanitation@lemmy.today to Mildly Infuriating@lemmy.worldEnglish · 4 days agoWeirdo "News Presenter" criticises the left politicising Dolly Parton's death... whilst politicising her death.lemmy.todayimagemessage-square12fedilinkarrow-up1150arrow-down111
arrow-up1139arrow-down1imageWeirdo "News Presenter" criticises the left politicising Dolly Parton's death... whilst politicising her death.lemmy.todaysanitation@lemmy.today to Mildly Infuriating@lemmy.worldEnglish · 4 days agomessage-square12fedilink
minus-squareCourtney (she/her/they) @lemmy.blahaj.zonelinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up16arrow-down2·4 days agoYes, treating bigots and fascists with kindness has historically worked out quite well!
minus-squarejtrek@startrek.websitelinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up13·4 days agoAt the lowest level, it is possible to pull people in your peer-group out of shitty world views. It’s slow and difficult. But like I got an old coworker to be way less homophobic through our chats at work. At the larger level, nah, fuck em.
minus-squareBucketBong@p.hobo.sociallinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up1·2 days agoDolly taught me to be a decent person, Henry Rollins taught me how to deal with bigots and fascist.
Yes, treating bigots and fascists with kindness has historically worked out quite well!
At the lowest level, it is possible to pull people in your peer-group out of shitty world views. It’s slow and difficult. But like I got an old coworker to be way less homophobic through our chats at work.
At the larger level, nah, fuck em.
Dolly taught me to be a decent person, Henry Rollins taught me how to deal with bigots and fascist.