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[–] SuckMyWang@lemmy.world 0 points 10 months ago* (last edited 10 months ago) (1 children)

I agree I think they are on a poor trajectory. I can’t see how calling them evil and disgusting is going to change their behaviour. We’ve done that. It doesn’t seem to work. If anything they wear it as a badge of pride because they don’t believe a word of what we are saying. I can only see a solution of showing patience and compassion to those who have been misled and being resolute in calling out the bullshit from the people using them. If we can reach the ones who are good and have been misled more might wake up after them. There will be no possibility of a majority or power and their party will be forced to change or cease to exist. And you’re right everyone loses. Do you want everyone to lose or do you want to be the bigger person. It sucks but there’s no fire with fire. It’s a race to the bottom and we’re already on our way

[–] jerkface@lemmy.ca 1 points 10 months ago (1 children)

I can’t see how calling them evil and disgusting is going to change their behaviour.

You read that in.

[–] SuckMyWang@lemmy.world 1 points 10 months ago (1 children)
[–] jerkface@lemmy.ca 1 points 10 months ago* (last edited 10 months ago)

read into
vb (tr, preposition) to discern in or infer from a statement meanings not intended by the speaker or writer
https://www.thefreedictionary.com/read+into

You read "calling them evil and disgusting" into the text. It was not there.