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Look, I get it can be hard to engage with tankies due to their views which it can make it very tiring, but just because you disagree with someone doesn't mean they don't have an internal reason that makes sense to them why they think a thing. If you treat people's opinions with respect, even MLs', they're much more likely to take you seriously and consider your point of view - which is a precondition to changing their minds - if you recognise that they believe what they believe for a reason that seems logical to them. Very few people actually want to harm others or cause suffering. Usually they're just mislead - and I could be too on some things - about what actually causes harm and not.
Open conversations, as opposed to insults that only serve to drive people apart, are more constructive.
You say, having used an insult in your first sentence
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