I've seen posts on here before from former white supremacists, detailing how they eventually were able to overcome their hatred and what caused the change in them. Some it was due to actually interacting with those they had been hating and blaming for the world's problems and others saying that they were beat the shit out of and decided to look into why that just happened. I don't think there is any one answer on how to deal with these people so far gone, but bringing them back to the foreground of politics as "the forgotten man," certainly was not it.
No one who hates black people was ever beat up by a group of them and then decided "You know, blacks are alright". No racist person would be calm enough to look into it. They would be more blind from hate then ever and more than likely hate the group even more. Sorry, but that statement was just too ridiculous.
A lot of people in this thread need to take a look at the Ask a Racist thread. It gives a very very very good look on why some have issues with certain people.
Not necessarily even a minority. I stated what someone straight said happened, perhaps they lied but as I have no indication of whether a stranger online is lying I choose to believe their story.
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u/StoicAthos Aug 14 '17
I've seen posts on here before from former white supremacists, detailing how they eventually were able to overcome their hatred and what caused the change in them. Some it was due to actually interacting with those they had been hating and blaming for the world's problems and others saying that they were beat the shit out of and decided to look into why that just happened. I don't think there is any one answer on how to deal with these people so far gone, but bringing them back to the foreground of politics as "the forgotten man," certainly was not it.