Most choose to be ignorant

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But on public discussions, also remember that there can be undecided people watching / reading too.

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Real “Thank You For Smoking” moment.

Nick Naylor: OK, let’s say that you’re defending chocolate, and I’m defending vanilla. Now if I were to say to you: ‘Vanilla is the best flavor ice-cream’, you’d say


Joey Naylor: No, chocolate is.

Nick Naylor: Exactly, but you can’t win with this argument
 so, I’ll ask you: so you think chocolate is the end all and the all of ice cream, do you?

Joey Naylor: It’s the best ice cream, I wouldn’t order any other.

Nick Naylor: Oh! So it’s all chocolate for you is it?

Joey Naylor: Yes, chocolate is all I need.

Nick Naylor: Well, I need more than chocolate, and for that matter I need more than vanilla. I believe that we need freedom. And choice when it comes to our ice cream, and that Joey Naylor, that is the definition of liberty.

Joey Naylor: But that’s not what we’re talking about

Nick Naylor: Ah! But that’s what I’m talking about.

Joey Naylor: 
but you didn’t prove that vanilla was the best


Nick Naylor: I didn’t have to. I proved that you’re wrong, and if you’re wrong I’m right.

Joey Naylor: But you still didn’t convince me

Nick Naylor: It’s that
 I’m not after you. I’m after them (all people around) >

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Holy fuck has it really been 20 years since this movie? I may need to give it a rewatch.

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It’s been too long since last watching that film.

Best clip that could be quickly found on the topic (it was this or 30sec of Fandango ad at the end):
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KMWTSLeHIi8

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That’s basically the internet since I know it: explaining even the most obvious things to people who is actively refusing to understand them.

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“You can’t reason someone out of a position they didn’t reason themselves into”

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But it’s so hard not to ahhhh

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Preach. This was my new year’s resolution.

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The correct action is mocking them relentlessly

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Only works if you have a community on your side. Just coming in swinging can easily make you look like an asshole.

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