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Normally, people learn very early in life that aggressive confrontation isn’t the way to win over someone to your beliefs. All it does is make them dismiss what you have to say out of principle and spite. Throw in a weird amount of great leader worship and war crime waiving and you have the average hexgrad user
Depends. Being pleasant to Nazis, for instance, is a waste of energy.
There is that famous black man Daryl Davis that converted over 200 KKK members by being nice to them and talking to them. Dont dismiss it outright
I’m not trying to be rude, but the sum total of all of the charm of everyone in this post’s comments wouldn’t even approach the charisma of Daryl Davis. By and large, attempting to copy Daryl Davis’s example is a terrible decision. Incredible guy.
The lesson here is not that you personally have the power to do this, but that it's possible at all. Many communities have something or someone they don't like collectively, but individually they will make peace. A person is smart, people are dumb.
I just really, really wanted to stress that going about it without training is a terrifying proposition that may get you killed. If I save someone from a beating borne of optimism rather than skill, it’d keep my mind at ease.
Edit: a comment because I am big dumb.