The fact that he doubled down from "hundreds of years", which was already ridiculous, to "since its inception", says it all really. He's not interested in the truth, just in defending America. He doesn't offer any justification for this claim, and I doubt that he's aware of even a fraction of America's racial history. White people died d…
The fact that he doubled down from "hundreds of years", which was already ridiculous, to "since its inception", says it all really. He's not interested in the truth, just in defending America. He doesn't offer any justification for this claim, and I doubt that he's aware of even a fraction of America's racial history. White people died during the civil war, and slaves were freed after the civil war, and that's enough for him.
So many conversations are a struggle because the person you're talking to has never had their beliefs challenged even a little bit, and so they have no idea how wrong they are. These people are the most infuriating and simultaneously the ones you need to be most patient with if you want to make them think even a little bit. I have another conversation with Michael coming up, on a different topic, which once again illustrates this.
The fact that he doubled down from "hundreds of years", which was already ridiculous, to "since its inception", says it all really. He's not interested in the truth, just in defending America. He doesn't offer any justification for this claim, and I doubt that he's aware of even a fraction of America's racial history. White people died during the civil war, and slaves were freed after the civil war, and that's enough for him.
So many conversations are a struggle because the person you're talking to has never had their beliefs challenged even a little bit, and so they have no idea how wrong they are. These people are the most infuriating and simultaneously the ones you need to be most patient with if you want to make them think even a little bit. I have another conversation with Michael coming up, on a different topic, which once again illustrates this.
you are doing the lord's work! I mean this guy is even outside of the whole 1619/1776 polemic...