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Anti-DEI is white supremacy. Black lives matter. LGBT+ rights are human rights. Healthcare, security, a decent income, and housing with dignity are human rights. Abortion is healthcare. Science is our best hope. Kindness and empathy are the noblest of human traits.
It can ALWAYS get worse.
Uncritical AI slop posters get muted and blocked.
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Discussion and debate can only work if all parties agree to talk in GOOD FAITH.
To me, good faith generally means that each party commits to:
In other words, good faith discussion is a cooperative activity, not an adversarial one.
The loudest people who “demand debate”do not meet the standard of Good Faith. It’s a waste of your time to debate these people; you’ll never change their mind, but you will give them delicious content as they “own” you live on camera.
Although right-wing bad-faith debaters is almost a tradition at this point, I’ve also seen too many clips of progressives “owning” conservatives using dishonest, bad-faith tactics. This is not merely a right-wing problem.
