#Building a bridge 2021 how to#
This is very much how I feel about How to Talk to A Science Denier, by the Harvard philosopher Lee McIntyre.Īhh, there we are. Presumably you would not feel that the author had really taken his own advice on board. His interest is the same one he shares with every other shitlib, which is actually three-fold: 1) strutting about like the Church Lady in joyous celebration of his clearly superior intellect and virtue 2) rationalizing his equally-clear mania for viciously smiting his enemies and 3) crushing any and all disagreement with his clearly-superior religious beliefs-which, although he’d purple with rage at such a vile insult, is exactly what they are.Īt one stage he even says: “When speaking to a contemptible idiot who is kind of evil, don’t call them a contemptible idiot who is kind of evil! Many contemptible idiots find that language insulting.” But he continues to do it, and frequently segues into lengthy digressions about how stupid and harmful the idiots’ beliefs are. He has no interest in “persuading” anybody. If you want to persuade them, he says, you need to treat them with respect! But all the way through the book, the author continues to refer to the people he wants to persuade as “contemptible idiots who are kind of evil”. Imagine you bought a book with the title How to Talk to A Contemptible Idiot Who Is Kind of Evil. You open the book, and read the author earnestly telling you how important it is that you listen, and show empathy, and acknowledge why the people you’re talking to might believe the things they believe.
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Smug, conceited asshole afflicted with a Stage 4 case of SSC™ (Shitlib Superiority Complex) is Doin’ It Wrong.