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Holy shit the amount of work you must've put in to make this one lemmitor read something other than harry potter. You deserve the medal of honor.
I think that honor goes to them, I lost patience more than a few times when they were especially reactionary, but they genuinely seem to be a true believer in the "marketplace of ideas" kinda thing so they ended up taking my advice anyways. I think if they do end up a comrade, they will have been one of the most effort-requiring converts I've done, but ultimately I think it's more a virtue of being a rare "true believer" that actually followed through enough for the shell to crack.
Obviously not condoning their reactionary views, they have plenty of brainworks to deworm but the process isn't hopeless at all IMO.
Very cool of you to keep engaging with them! I've met one of those types myself, but that was irl so much easier. I don't know if it's the users or the format but people are much more defensive online.
Oooh you just made me remember that one person who got dog piled on for their "to the last Ukrainian" stance, who then came to hexbear to apologise. That was in early federation.
Edit: found it! https://hexbear.net/post/3707945
Yea, I think there's genuine hope, and since the fediverse is so small the more solidified the left the better it is when people come in and visit for conversion.
You made me look thru their comments and this is like the third one https://lemmy.ml/post/25405794/16429720
They might be doing some work but so are you. Seriously applaud your patience.
Thanks, I appreciate it!