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Good point, well made.
Textual, group conversations, with asynchronous reply times and a lack of social contact and history between participants.
This is not a fertile medium for civil discourse, I'm afraid.
I don't bemoan this fact, just note it. In the same way as noting that a Nokia 3310 speaker was not a good delivery mechanism for a high fidelity rendition of Blink 182 track, when set as a ringtone.
Know your audience, but also know your medium.
If this were an IRL, over a pint conversation between 2 or 3 humans, then I would have more empathy with Stonehedge's empathies.
NB - I am not claiming that internet conversations cannot ever be civil discourses. Just that they are much less conducive to being such.
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greentricky
Good point, well made.
I get that some people are beyond conversation and would be a waste of time to engage with but I also think that the majority of vaccine hesitant people are just missing a few key bits of knowledge that would help change their minds.