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CMV: We should be aiming to understand and discuss with each other more, and be outraged less.

There have been a lot of horrible things going on lately. A ton of hate and bigotry and divisiveness, the reaction to which (understandably) has been anger and outrage.

My view is that in the face of a bigoted/ignorant statement, in an ideal world, we would try and understand and discuss the ignorance and create an ally going forward.

I’ll take the NFL Player Desean Jackson’s, antisemitic social media post for example (partly because it seems this has drawn less attention or outrage than other recent events). 

Julian Edelman (a Jewish NFL player) responded not with anger and outrage, but rather extended an invitation to visit a Holocaust museum, to which I understand Desean accepted.

This is literally the best possible response in my opinion, instead of attacking Desean and forcing him to defend himself, you’ve hopefully created an ally in the fight against antisemitism. 

All the while, we see bystanders on twitter and Instagram calling for outrage and anger from the general public.

To be clear, my view is NOT “People should calm down, it’s not that bad”. It’s asking a lot, especially for people who are directly targeted by hate and bigotry, to think calmly and rationally in the moment (they’re being attacked after all). But in an ideal world, the initial response to a bigoted statement should not be outrage and attacking those who made the statement, but rather an understanding and discussion with that person.
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A friend? A colleague? An acquaintance? Sure, have a discussion with them.

Everyone else? Hell no. Having a rational discussion with an irrational bigot is not only an exercise in futility, it legitimizes their bigoted views. Bigots *want* others to address their bigotry, to talk with them about it, so they can espouse their bigoted views. Why would you ever want to give them that opportunity?