Seems like every day I meet more guys on a Raytheon coop program or some other project building weapons. How are you supposed to respond when all you can think about when looking at them is the deaths and the blowback their work is directly causing? I know that being well adjusted to a sick world is not a good thing, anyone who can shrug off mass murder to be professional is on their way to being a ghoul themselves.
That being said though, if I went on a Jeremiad every time I met one of these guys I'd be an utter pariah. So fair I've just tried to avoid these people and used them as a reminder of what we struggle against. How do you deal with it?
I'm a big white dude with a beard who works directly with tradespeople. Generally when somebody tells me a joke where the punchline is a racial slur 5 minutes after meeting me all I can really do is go huh and looked unimpressed and very obviously change the subject and make sure to double check any work the dymbass did.
I justify this because if you try to push back they love it and tell their coworkers they triggered a slur lover but maybe I'm just a cowardly lib.
I've organized at workplaces like this and it's pretty easy to embarrass guys like you mentioned. That's the only thing that works, but you need to have a context to do it in.
I'd always single out the racist, chud-like ones in meetings and that gets them to shut up fast. They'll say slurs when think they're alone, they'll hesitate when they know more people are watching and stakes are involved. I don't know if you have the right context
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reactionary beliefs are easy imo. just be polite, argue if you feel like it, but remember that you can't rely on that person when the shit goes down.
the question of what to do when you meet someone with real power causing or abetting unspeakable evil is a lot harder, because conscience demands that you stab them in the throat, but circumstances prevent that.
I think it works best to try to make them feel like an unfunny loser, rather than going for any sort of moral objection.