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A real conversation I had with my MAGA father. (lemmy.zip)
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Me: [Describes my assignment this term. It concerns a current supreme court case.]

Him: Wow, they're teaching you real ideas! That's something. That's how you make something of yourself in your field. What do you think about that?

Me: Uh? Regarding my brief or something else? My brief was just assigned. I haven't started researching it yet.

Him: No, that they're teaching you real ideas. Do you have an opinion on that?

Me: um, no? I like the assignment. It seems interesting.

Him: That's not good. You should have a take on that. If people don't believe in what you're saying, you won't be worth anything. You need to have a take and be able to argue for it, because that's what your field is paid to do.

Me: Well, no, the law applies to you whether you believe in it or not-

Him: No, it doesn't! Those systems were set up by globalists and Trump destroyed all of that. It's all worthless now. You need to convince people to believe in good ideas that make society better.

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[-] Hamartiogonic@sopuli.xyz 8 points 2 weeks ago

If you’re interested in street epistemology, you could use those tools to have some impossible conversations with him.

It’s an interesting toolset people usually use when they want to plant seeds of doubt and make Christians squirm, but it can be used for much more than that. If you do it right, you’ll understand why he believes the way he does, and the conversation will remain calm and respectful regardless. It’s borderline magical if you know what you’re doing.

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