Reply #140: Interesting

[Tux]

I had a debate with my fundie uncle who was upset that I believe in God based on scientific evidence (Deism) while he needs faith and evidence means nothing (Baptist). He kept going on about faith and that all that matters.

What we are dealing with is pure emotional rage. They attach a belief to an emotion to form opinions. No evidence, no thinking, no anything. They felt angry about communism since it promotes the removal of ownership of their stuff, they connect anger to communists and become angry anytime they are mentioned. Try it some time. Same with everything.

Instead of reasoning with them, do what they do: create an emotion that makes them feel good and have them associate an idea to it. They feel good when a someone solves a PC problem. You drop hints you are a liberal and their hate would suffer.

I have no idea why or how they lost reason but we have to appeal to their emotions. Look at how Republicans used lots of banners, lights, colors, sounds, etc at each convention, et al last election.