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Re: Ask HN: What is going on?

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post #27

How are you? Are you okay? Do you need someone to talk to? My email is in my profile. I used to have this neighbour. The first time I met him, I thought he was going to become a good friend. We talked for hours and I thought this cat was alright. The next time we talked, it turned out that he was a fucking anti-vaccer. Not a word of a lie, he said "Do you notice there are more kids with problems, you know, retards no…

I've never expected anything from anybody. Even the people I love; parents, girlfriend, friends... all have flaws in their thoughts or opinions, just like me.

Pick the best of each people and enjoy that.

Re: Ask HN: What is going on?

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post #24

I feel your pain but unfortunately I have no answers. There are people with these insane opinions and they are spreading. Two decades ago a school had a live debate between a teacher and a student Holocaust denier. The teacher thoroughly demolished the students arguments which made him look like a complete fool. Today the student (Björn Björkqvist) is the leader of one of the largest Nazi groups and the teacher sever…

Sorry it’s not clear but why does the teacher regret debating him?

I imagine it's because the teacher thought that destroying that person in a debate with facts would change their opinion, but came to realize some people just aren't worth the time or effort because they will never change their opinions no matter how many facts you throw at them.
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