Rex Kerr
2 min readMay 12, 2024

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Doesn't that also apply to the people who say that the U.S. is fundamentally a racist nation, that the white patriarchy controls everything, that they'd rather meet a bear in the wilderness than a man, and so on?

Regardless to what extent you think these things are true, by placing great stress on these things, doesn't one end up living in the same dystopian world where powerful forces are trying to get you, to hurt you?

So I'm not entirely sure how to take your message. Yes, fear is destructive; cultish behavior can take over people's mindsets and replace a reality-based outlook with a culturally-enforced dogma around vaccines or grooming or whatever.

But given the parallels, one has to wonder whether you're not in one cult calling the other one a cult because its doctrine is so dramatically different than yours.

Did you note that none of your bullet points were to hear out the "hater" and figure out what is actually bothering them? To establish a dialog based on development of mutual understanding and trust? It's all block, report, ignore, avoid, team up against them (okay maaaaybe be kind and respectful but that's like almost impossible). You'll be as light as a feather with the haters off your mind, I suppose, but your bullet points barely even touch on what's known about the psychology of changing people's minds.

Furthermore, the extent of the negative language you use doesn't demonstrate a heck of a lot of love or understanding. It reads a lot more like hatred. You might say "love" at the end, but you know, people on the right sometimes say a whole bunch of hateful things and then tack on "I follow Jesus, Jesus is love" or some other shallow affirmation of love-over-hate that they haven't embodied.

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Rex Kerr
Rex Kerr

Written by Rex Kerr

One who rejoices when everything is made as simple as possible, but no simpler. Sayer of things that may be wrong, but not so bad that they're not even wrong.

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