a) Not everyone thinks they're the good guy; some genuinely don't care. But yes, probably all of the people you mention do think that. b) Nobody said that understanding, or even compassion, is mutually exclusive with…
There's endorsing ideas, there's considering ideas, and I would add a third tier: sympathizing with a person's legitimately-felt experiences, despite whatever ideas may have grown on top of them
I don't agree with everything you've said, but I agree with the core idea: that most of the people on the right (maybe not most of the people at the protests, but surely some) are misguided, and not fundamentally evil.…
a) Not everyone thinks they're the good guy; some genuinely don't care. But yes, probably all of the people you mention do think that. b) Nobody said that understanding, or even compassion, is mutually exclusive with…
There's endorsing ideas, there's considering ideas, and I would add a third tier: sympathizing with a person's legitimately-felt experiences, despite whatever ideas may have grown on top of them
I don't agree with everything you've said, but I agree with the core idea: that most of the people on the right (maybe not most of the people at the protests, but surely some) are misguided, and not fundamentally evil.…