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Re:Outraged about the Google diversity memo? by Vaskivo on Thursday August 10, 2017 @01:18PM (#14981882)
I believe there are two important reasons two to listen to people with opposing or extreme positions.

1 - Those oppinions _may_ have a single grain of truth. And, as reasonable beings, we cannot allow that truth to be buried or silenced.

2 - Regardless os the validity or truthfullness of that opinion, we should try to understand _why_ that person holds those opinions. This helps us understand why and how some ideas and opinions still persist to this day.

Re:Outraged about the Google diversity memo? by AnimalMuppet on Thursday August 10, 2017 @01:25PM (#14981945)
Re 2: And maybe how to explain it to them in a way that can make them actually reconsider.