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If faced with critical thinking, people tend to disregard what you're trying to say and push back to their outlook.

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[-] PeepinGoodArgs@reddthat.com 14 points 1 year ago

This is why asking questions is important. All conservatives are Nazis may actually be true if the person merely equates conservatives with Nazis, the proposition a mere tautology. Same for liberals trying to make kids gay, where people who make kids gay are liberals.

And by asking questions, trying to understand someone else, both parties can engage in critical thinking.

I think it's wrong to think that critical thinking should spontaneously arise because someone's beliefs are challenged. That's never how it works. Rather, one person has to be vulnerable and ask, "What do you mean? Help me understand where you're coming from."

[-] CAPSLOCKFTW@lemmy.ml 12 points 1 year ago

I don't think there is such a thing like making someone gay.

[-] solrize@lemmy.world 6 points 1 year ago

I have a friend who had surgery to become gay. He was a straight guy before the surgery, and now she is a lesbian.

[-] CAPSLOCKFTW@lemmy.ml 7 points 1 year ago

Fake. Was already a lesbian pre surgery.

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