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This pretty much never happens.  It’s “calling out” culture at its worst.  “Calling out” doesn’t make people change their minds or think about their positions, it makes them dislike you and get defensive.  You have to go at people with questions, facts, and compassion.  That’s how you get people to rethink their beliefs.[/quote]

You know what? I've spent a lot of time and energy being an advocate. And the reality is that going at people with questions, facts, and compassion is unfortunately pretty darn ineffective at getting people to change their minds. The problem here is not that some people's feelings are hurt because other people are calling them mean names. The problem here is that people do not like change, feel threatened by change, and feel entitled to stop change.

Some of these boundaries have been in place since the 1980s, if not even earlier. It's now 2019. There is going to be change, whether people want it or not. And I simply do not have the energy for long, sensitive, compassionate, understanding discussions with people who think they ought to be able to stop change, on the off chance that some of these people might change (!) their minds.[/quote]

Just how long have you spent as an advocate? I’m 1000% sure there’s plenty of folks on this board who’ve been doing it a lot longer than you. You might learn from them, if you’ll listen.[/quote]

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