My favorite redditor argument in favor of this is the black musician who befriended Klan members. “He convinced them to stop being racist with kindness and dialogue!!”

Ignoring the fact that the members are not only still racist, but are using their relationship with him as “evidence” for their non-racism, it’s so absurd and infuriating to believe that the oppressed must be required to be kind and loving and forgiving and patient with the oppressor. Why should I be patient with a Nazi as opposed to shooting him in the head? Statistically, he would do that to me first. Re-education and rehabilitation isn’t “single minority putting his life at risk to talk to some clown”

“Civility” and “kindness” in debates are only acceptable for shit like whether tax money should be spent on a stadium or a new school, or which film provides superior quality in movies, not whether or not I should be able to walk to the store without being gunned down