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Why I, as a black man, attend KKK rallies. | Daryl Davis | TEDxNaperville [18:52] (www.youtube.com)
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[–] Tedesche@lemmy.world 30 points 1 year ago (5 children)

Daryl Davis has done more to dismantle the KKK than all the antifa folks combined ever will, and he does it through empathy, reasonable conversation, and kindness.

I’m as guilty as the next liberal of feeling so angry with Neo-Nazis that I have moments where I want them all instantly slain, but the world would be a much better place if we could all just remember that even people like that are human beings too and even if reaching out to them has a 0.01% of de-radicalizing them, attacking them always has a 0% chance.

I think Daryl Davis is just a better person than most of us.

[–] zaph@lemmy.world 7 points 1 year ago (1 children)

all the antifa folks combined

The kkk are a group. Antifa is a movement.

[–] AfricanExpansionist@lemmy.ml -2 points 1 year ago

There's not really such a thing as antifa

[–] TwystedKynd@lemmy.world 5 points 1 year ago (1 children)

It's funny how I use this guy as an example of what's actually effective rather than just making noise, and the usual response is a LOT of noise. I just ask them, how many people have you convinced to stop being racist and leave the KKK with your current "efforts". Kindness is not weakness, it's effective.

[–] Lanthanae@lemmy.blahaj.zone -3 points 1 year ago (2 children)

So the only question is what is the most rhetorically effective way to convince leftists that being rhetorical effective is actually really important 🤔

[–] TwystedKynd@lemmy.world 2 points 1 year ago

That's the thing about partisan politics being intertwined with social issues. Everyone's so fixated on arguing with "them" that they aren't open to anything that is less than hostile.

[–] pinkdrunkenelephants@lemm.ee -2 points 1 year ago (1 children)

Because this isn't rhetorically effecive, it's just one dude whose tactics in a very big-picture way are actually very dangerous.

[–] Lanthanae@lemmy.blahaj.zone 3 points 1 year ago (1 children)

How so?

[–] pinkdrunkenelephants@lemm.ee -2 points 1 year ago (1 children)

Go meditate and ask yourself that question honestly, with no desire to defend your worldview, and you'll have your answer.

[–] Lanthanae@lemmy.blahaj.zone 2 points 1 year ago

Ok I've done that and didn't figure out a line of reasoning for your assertion. Would you be willing to help me understand where you're coming from now?

[–] pinkdrunkenelephants@lemm.ee 3 points 1 year ago (1 children)

Antifa's objective isn't to dismantle the KKK, it's to fight fascists, so you're very blatantly using fallacious reasoning and putting an irrelevant group of people on your sacrificial altar to make yourself feel better about something.

Superman actually did more to stop the KKK than this clown and Superman is not even real. And Superman punches bad guys. So you fail again.

[–] Blamemeta@lemm.ee -2 points 1 year ago

Is the klan not fascist?

[–] ArugulaZ@kbin.social 2 points 1 year ago

I don't have the patience to be a "better man," and I don't particularly care to delve into the mind of a kill-billy to understand them. I'd rather flatten out their pointy hats with a sledgehammer.

[–] Lanthanae@lemmy.blahaj.zone -1 points 1 year ago

Daryl Davis has done more to dismantle the KKK than all the antifa folks combined ever will

Homie what do you think "antifa" is? Working to dismantle the KKK is one of the most antifa things there is.

[–] ZodiacSF1969@sh.itjust.works 6 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago)

This guy is a real hero. He managed to cut through hate with love and openness. I wish there were more people like him around.

[–] mind@lemmy.world 1 points 1 year ago

I expected Clayton Bigsby.

[–] BeefDaddySupreme@lemmy.world -4 points 1 year ago

I find it hilarious that a few years ago a bunch of lefties call him a Nazi and protested an event he was speaking at...