Let’s say zero is straight up shutting your ears, going lalala and storming out of the room, let’s say 10 is sitting down with a Nazi, genuinely making an effort to see things from their point of view just to see if you could.
Sure this may sound ridiculous but it’s basic knowledge that studying your opponents viewpoints is the best way to counter them and get new insight yourself.
Me? Id like to think I’m a 6, I don’t cut family ties over their political opinions but I’m very likely to shut that down with a “I don’t want to speak politics with you”
Lemmy can be an echo chamber sometimes, but that doesn’t mean everyone here is a mindless zombie, how do you all deal with others who believe differently? Can you back it up?
10 I guess, but just because I can doesn’t mean it’s fun to do all the time. Requires deliberate effort.
Not even sure hateful bigots are the hardest to empathize with. Everyone has hated someone or felt disgust before. That’s sort of an ‘in’ to the mindset.
I have a harder time with people like the Paul brothers or Mr. Beast. People who seem to have desires without beliefs.