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Chris Evans Poses With A Young Girl And Her Gleeful Father (Ted Cruz, over Evans' new civic engagement project)
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Lol. What is he attempting to do? Chris Evans' punk ass probably still doesn't understand why Black people took umbrage with his foolishness and chances are he doesn't care. There's nothing heroic or soul searching about reaching out to only fellow Whites you disagree with. None of that is character building.
Definitely. He's a permaclown lol.
I thought the goal of the site was to show each person's claims for backing the platform they do alongside the evidence supporting their arguments. Naturally, the right will be made to look like the lying fools they are.
It's the responsibility of white people to educate bigoted white people.
I don't know the reference to him showing his arse, what's that about?
I think it is important to talk to people you're disagreeing with. If even 5% of them change some of their views, it was worth it.
The idea of the site is flawed from the beginning.
Can't wait for them to tackle lgbtq issues or climate change and try to both side those.
Can't wait for them to tackle lgbtq issues or climate change and try to both side those.
It does... but online is a terrible forum for the discussion, and giving a platform to certain opinions will almost certainly only help perpetuate them.
I have no faith that this site will succeed, and I believe it will do harm.
The thing is he going to talk about the platform the GOP tries to put forward about family, small government and all that BS or is he actually going to confront them on their real platform of bigotry, intolerance, rolling the clock on any kind of progressive reform and so on. Like its all well and good to try and present the points of both sides but lets hope that they're the real points and not the gas lighting BS that the GOP is so well known for.
Edit: As to the pic in the OP I don't much care. I'm not expecting Evans to be a dick to a young fan.
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Rhe context is a creepy fucking guy is trying to kiss a child and the child doesn't want it yet the creepy guy persists and looks hurt when it doesn't play out how he wants.
you can talk and be friend with people with whom you don't share political ideas, its ok it's suppose to be that way in democracy, I know lately the political speech have been quite divisive but it's not suppose to be that way
What was this about? Outside US so the names being mentioned don't mean much to me.
Some views should not be given a platform at all. Many right wing views are regressive and actively harmful.
Paradox of tolerance - Wikipedia
Has anyone actually sat down with a republican and talked about a topic with facts and arguments, and actually made him/her change their mind in a permanent way?
I know i've tried, and in my experience is worthless. These are people that don't work in science terms.
I know i've tried, and in my experience is worthless. These are people that don't work in science terms.
When did he start claiming he's a Ted Cruz supporter or that he would never be in the same room as him?
That he tried and failed? I don't see what the big deal is. Is he suddenly a right wing apologist/supporter??
Personal anecdote but I have with one friend back in 2013, though my methods involved more showing the effects certain things had on people/the environment that he was shockingly ignorant of and left him slightly traumatized. He's changed completely since those times. Mostly his parents teachings really fucked him up, but he's at odds with them now when it comes to political/environmental issues.
Some views should not be given a platform at all. Many right wing views are regressive and actively harmful.
Paradox of tolerance - Wikipedia
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And what about of the paradox of not bringing this plataforms out in the open and having closeted fascists all around waiting for their perfect candidate? Which they finally had with Trump.
And Ted doesn't have from what I can recall views out of the tolerable range, yeah he's a right winger I don't share their ideas and don't like them but I won't actively ask to silence him.
That's not a paradox. I don't know what point you're trying to make here that counters the one I did?
Have you ever tried talking to a deep seeded racist/bigot/far-right person with facts and citations in a diplomatic way? How do you think this site will handle that any better?
I was responding to your post that was making a generalization based off of this specific situation.
You're never ever going to convince a right wing person to change their minds during a conversation just by presenting facts and arguments.
AOC talked about this a while back. It was not to make the person she was talking to change their minds there and then. Her approach was basically to just try and tell them how she viewed things and then move on. Maybe some of the people will think about what she told them, and maybe some of those that thought about what she told them will change their minds a bit on some things.
Ted Cruz is a shitty person, unfortunately he is also a Senator for Texas. Which mean he holds power and has a measurable influence on the US. He already has a giant platform for his awful views.
Texas was close to getting rid of his ass, but he still currently is affecting the way the country operates. That means for certain things in this country to get done, his vote might be necessary. So while you can't try to court his vote for certain issues, there may be some that actually help all of Americans. It's a good idea to try to figure those out. Which means actually talking to the guy. The other option is doing nothing and hoping he loses his elections. That's a years long strategy that looks unlikely to pay off. Maybe we can just distract him long enough that he does one less hurtful thing. Boy what a shitty reality we live in.
Texas was close to getting rid of his ass, but he still currently is affecting the way the country operates. That means for certain things in this country to get done, his vote might be necessary. So while you can't try to court his vote for certain issues, there may be some that actually help all of Americans. It's a good idea to try to figure those out. Which means actually talking to the guy. The other option is doing nothing and hoping he loses his elections. That's a years long strategy that looks unlikely to pay off. Maybe we can just distract him long enough that he does one less hurtful thing. Boy what a shitty reality we live in.
Ted Cruz is irredeemable, so I'm not sure what Chris hopes to accomplish here besides soften a shitbag's image to the millions of Marvel fans. I really hate this "let's meet in the middle and discuss our issues" because these people have no integrity and will absolutely not act in good faith toward pragmatism
There's zero reason to give Ted Cruz any platform or opportunity to present a humanized or likable PR moment. His daughter is not the issue. Chris doesn't have to be saying he's a supporter of a monster like Ted Cruz to be making a poor choice in giving him cutesy celeb parental bonding pics. It's like Jimmy Fallon deciding to be cute with Trump on his show during the campaign after already knowing he was a racist and misogynistic bigot. No need to play cute games for their followers to Like on Facebook.
And there's zero wrong with those here who are skeptical that Chris is going to do any justice to the kind of discussions and takedowns that should be done with Republicans.
Ted Cruz is the Zodiac Killer and Evans started this project as a way to get close enough to Cruz to prove it and arrest him.
Indeed. Chris Evans is trying to do some really good stuff. I trust him.
We say that white progressives need to talk sense into white regressives because that burden shouldn't always fall to minorities, and then when we see a white progressive possibly trying to do that, we immediately suspect that they're up to no good?
Seems legit.
Seems legit.
Talking to someone doesn't mean let them post social media humanizing PR with you on their profiles
The ONLY way I've ever got through to a right-wing bigot is to spend an exorbitant amount of time asking THEM questions and talking about THEIR fears and managing to get them to relate to me as an LGBT person... and finally seeing how certain opinions can harm me, which allowed them to see me as a person, like them, and have some empathy.
And that took A LOT of effort, for me to actually spend time coddling a bigot who was doing nothing but spew hate at me. It took hours, of non-stop, incredibly careful discussion where I had to tip-toe around being too critical of their hate while stomaching a constant barrage of bile.
And that was on a SINGLE point.
And that was the ONLY way it worked. Using facts and citations ALWAYS gets called fake news now. The only time you can use logic, citations, and facts is on centrists playing "both sides", and you sure better be fucking air tight so they can't find a SINGLE fucking point to cling to to discredit your entire argument.
People ITT saying "we need to talk" are ignoring the fact WE HAVE TRIED THIS. We didn't go from 0 to "DEPLATFORM" in an instant, we tried... our parents tried... their parents tried... individuals try until they just can't try any more because it becomes clear you cannot educate a person out of their hate on an individual levle unless you give your entire fucking soul to every single point that is raised... and how does a human being, especially a minority under the constant barrage of hate, have the capacity for that in any reasonable way?
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And this is the point black folk were raising earlier, and I fully understand why.
We're all human yes, and all hate comes from a broken place, but at a certain point the hate we spew is our responsibility and it should be met with condemnation UNTIL that person has PROVEN change...not because they're crying as justice is served. And even then, why should the victims ever consider doing this?
Chris might have good intentions at heart, but what he's doing is coming from a position of privilege that doesn't grasp just how dangerous many of these "opinions" and views are because he has not lived through the harm they cause. He will never feel that, he will never truly understand it, and his calls for conversation feel patronizing and blind to how giving a platform to certain ideals perpetuate real harm.
And that took A LOT of effort, for me to actually spend time coddling a bigot who was doing nothing but spew hate at me. It took hours, of non-stop, incredibly careful discussion where I had to tip-toe around being too critical of their hate while stomaching a constant barrage of bile.
And that was on a SINGLE point.
And that was the ONLY way it worked. Using facts and citations ALWAYS gets called fake news now. The only time you can use logic, citations, and facts is on centrists playing "both sides", and you sure better be fucking air tight so they can't find a SINGLE fucking point to cling to to discredit your entire argument.
People ITT saying "we need to talk" are ignoring the fact WE HAVE TRIED THIS. We didn't go from 0 to "DEPLATFORM" in an instant, we tried... our parents tried... their parents tried... individuals try until they just can't try any more because it becomes clear you cannot educate a person out of their hate on an individual levle unless you give your entire fucking soul to every single point that is raised... and how does a human being, especially a minority under the constant barrage of hate, have the capacity for that in any reasonable way?
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Chris Evans Slammed for Praising Botham Jean's Brother for Forgiving and Hugging Amber Guyger
Brandt Jean himself has been criticized by a lot of people for forgiving the white cop who killed his 26-year-old brother in his own apartment in early last month.
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And this is the point black folk were raising earlier, and I fully understand why.
We're all human yes, and all hate comes from a broken place, but at a certain point the hate we spew is our responsibility and it should be met with condemnation UNTIL that person has PROVEN change...not because they're crying as justice is served. And even then, why should the victims ever consider doing this?
Chris might have good intentions at heart, but what he's doing is coming from a position of privilege that doesn't grasp just how dangerous many of these "opinions" and views are because he has not lived through the harm they cause. He will never feel that, he will never truly understand it, and his calls for conversation feel patronizing and blind to how giving a platform to certain ideals perpetuate real harm.
Evans ain't gunna get anywhere in D.C. with his website if he's gunna be precious about taking pics with people.
I think it's noble and misguided. The two sides that America has decided to allow representation (far right and center) are not the two sides that we should be conditioned to take for granted as the default and legitimate available world views.
Fact. Anything that calls for real, progressive, lasting change is labelled as extremism while the centre and the right take the main stage.