I think they do respond to information but only the intellectuals, and only with long periods of exposure.
I think the real trick is that they are cowards. They use collectivism to secure themselves both emotionally and intellectually. Some of the strongest blowback I've got online from Leftists is through shoving the consequences in their face like a dog shitting on the floor and completely rejecting their assertions about empathy and care. I encourage them to take a much more malicious position, one that is the one they actually hold behind the mask they wear. I encourage them to expound on their violent revenge fantasies that they hold, and it really does tend to freak them out.
The basic counter-arguments are:
Your policies destroyed people. Not just harmed, but killed & ruined lives
You don't give a shit about the consequences of your actions
You only want to be told you're a good person
You're actually a savage who likes seeing people destroyed. I know you do, you tell us all the time.
Do you feel like a hero yet?
I've basically put Leftists completely on the back-foot by doing that. Normally something like, "N-n-n-no one says that!" comes back at me, and then I just start listing off how many times they let the mask slip and say something abominable.
I've done that with lockdowns, Ashley Babbit, and CRT using Charlottesville as an example.
The CRT one basically caused the guy to shut down because I pointed out the only time that any white person can be anti-racist is when they fucking die. Specifically, I pointed out that the white woman they were martyring was by their own standards: "another dumb, racist, white bitch until she was ground up under the wheels of a mustang. Then and only then, after her heart stopped beating, could she be considered 'not racist' "
I've not tried this with friends and family, but it seems to set people back on-line. This is also, when it comes to the lockdowns, I bring up the fact that two people in Victoria, Australia self-immolated in protest.
I think they do respond to information but only the intellectuals, and only with long periods of exposure.
I think the real trick is that they are cowards. They use collectivism to secure themselves both emotionally and intellectually. Some of the strongest blowback I've got online from Leftists is through shoving the consequences in their face like a dog shitting on the floor and completely rejecting their assertions about empathy and care. I encourage them to take a much more malicious position, one that is the one they actually hold behind the mask they wear. I encourage them to expound on their violent revenge fantasies that they hold, and it really does tend to freak them out.
The basic counter-arguments are:
I've basically put Leftists completely on the back-foot by doing that. Normally something like, "N-n-n-no one says that!" comes back at me, and then I just start listing off how many times they let the mask slip and say something abominable.
I've done that with lockdowns, Ashley Babbit, and CRT using Charlottesville as an example.
The CRT one basically caused the guy to shut down because I pointed out the only time that any white person can be anti-racist is when they fucking die. Specifically, I pointed out that the white woman they were martyring was by their own standards: "another dumb, racist, white bitch until she was ground up under the wheels of a mustang. Then and only then, after her heart stopped beating, could she be considered 'not racist' "
I've not tried this with friends and family, but it seems to set people back on-line. This is also, when it comes to the lockdowns, I bring up the fact that two people in Victoria, Australia self-immolated in protest.