I can hate a flame and pour water on it, but if I don't also remove it's fuel source then I can never truly extinguish it.
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I actually think the source of that fuel is the insulation we give religiously based hatred. We protect religiously based ideas from scrutiny.
jun 23, 2025, 1:46 pm • 0 0 • view
We remove the fuel source by removing tolerance for hate ideologies. We have to inflicy social consequences for what we might consider small behavior. For example, if your family is racist, you become intolerant of them. Education and outreach have done all they can.
jun 23, 2025, 1:45 pm • 0 0 • view
I believe intolerance for extreme ideologies just drives them underground, and while this may make them less accessable to some people, it doesn't stamp them out. Fascism feeds especially on disenfranchised and vulnerable young men, often by giving them an easy answer and something to blame.
jun 23, 2025, 2:01 pm • 0 0 • view
Some of this we can fight as individuals, such as toxic masculinity and by creating safe spaces for people to talk about their issues, but other things such as improving mental health provision, welfare and better schools will have to come from the government.
jun 23, 2025, 2:01 pm • 0 0 • view