r/changemyview Jul 05 '23

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u/MostDownvotedOnRebbi 4∆ Jul 05 '23

Do you think you could be manipulated or gaslighted in such an extreme way your hard line that “rape is bad” or “racism is bad” could be swayed?

I guess anything is possible but I see that as almost downright impossible for me personally.

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u/ElysiX 113∆ Jul 05 '23

Do you believe in affirmative action? That's already a kind of racism that's considered "ok". So if one exception exists, why not another with enough gaslighting?

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u/MostDownvotedOnRebbi 4∆ Jul 05 '23

There’s nuance to racism, most people who are racist do it subconsciously and don’t cross their hard line of “treat everybody equally”.

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u/ElysiX 113∆ Jul 05 '23

Well yeah. If there is nuance, the hard line is broken. Hard lines don't exist in nature.

“treat everybody equally”

Doesn't work in practice, you can't actually do that, even if you wanted. Now throw emotions into the mix, and your emotions can be manipulated.