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Originally Posted by Compellingly Smart
Conceded. It's great that the full blown KKK types are outnumbered by these types you identify (as we can at least convince them of wrongdoing with solid evidence).
It's not that great. Even the slave-lords of the antebellum South had fairy tales they could tell themselves about how their slaves were better off being brutally exploited by them rather than being free. Sure, it makes them theoretically persuadable and it's certainly
better than if all racists were slavering race-war fanatics, but I don't derive all that much comfort from it. We've seen so many cases over the last few years where you think "THIS has got to be the provocation that makes people see what's really happening," only to find out just how far people can bend over backwards to hold on to their beliefs.