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Wouldn't the racist want to self alter their behavior if they kept being excluded from a group?

Sure I'd love a world where I could really help change someone's mind but it is often easier and safer to just ignore those people as putting effort into trying to "help" them doesn't really offer me anything besides more abuse.

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When they can immediately turn around and be welcomed into the arms of a group that doesn't call them names and agrees with them, what do you think the outcome of that is going to be?

What's more, you can't do anything about the fact that this can happen without making some very ugly sacrifices.

What we're doing now does. not. work.

In my head it is the difference between coming to a thread and seeing some hypothetical hidden racist/sexist/ist comment that has been downvoted to hell and ignored or seeing the conversation being dominated with people having a discourse trying to change the ignorant opinion.

I'm all for trying to help people understand the reaction to their comments but it also sidetracks every conversation and there seems to be an endless supply of people making ignorant comments.

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