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b_b  ·  1378 days ago  ·  link  ·    ·  parent  ·  post: If your parents or grandparents still plan on voting for trump...

I did not enjoy that trip down memory lane, but I was wrong. You can only fight dangerous opinions with empathy, and without empathy you can't ever understand where those opinions come from. I have learned in the intervening almost decade how to try to see the world from others' point of view. It is not always possible to do with clarity, but it is always possible to do at least a little bit. But it does take a certain willingness to challenge your own assumptions about the world. That's not something I was good at in my 20's. Mostly I had my nose stuck in a textbook 16 hours/day, which is not conducive to understanding of anything but the topic of study.