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I completely get this.

I have one friend who agrees with everything I say, but as soon as I say any word that falls into the category of “bad thing” (as determined by his facebook feed), he disagrees.

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Could you then reply with screenies or short videos explaining the term? A lot of American democrats are turned to stone at words like “socialism,” and “communism.” Some were in my business at what party I’d be supporting after criticizing my Deep South Democratic Senator, so I just said “probably the past Dr. King supported,” and got nods of approval. I’m sure they thought he was a democrat.

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Honestly, I’ve been there, too. I read Graeber before realizing he was an anarchist. When I realized, it still took a while to embrace the ideology. I wouldn’t have read him in the first place if I knew beforehand. Same with internet “celebrities”

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Of course he does. Bad thing is bad.

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I think people with this mindset are just very resistant to being persuaded by ideas at all, because for them the ultimate determination of what is right is what the people around them approve/disapprove of (or maybe whoever they consider authorities for their chosen ideology). All you can really do for them is be a good example of someone they know who dissents, knowing they will never care why you dissent and will probably make their own assumptions about that.

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