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How do you respond when you meet a real world ghoul? (hexbear.net)
submitted 2 years ago by FunkyStuff@hexbear.net to c/askchapo@hexbear.net
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Seems like every day I meet more guys on a Raytheon coop program or some other project building weapons. How are you supposed to respond when all you can think about when looking at them is the deaths and the blowback their work is directly causing? I know that being well adjusted to a sick world is not a good thing, anyone who can shrug off mass murder to be professional is on their way to being a ghoul themselves.

That being said though, if I went on a Jeremiad every time I met one of these guys I'd be an utter pariah. So fair I've just tried to avoid these people and used them as a reminder of what we struggle against. How do you deal with it?

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[–] HumanBehaviorByBjork@hexbear.net 8 points 2 years ago

reactionary beliefs are easy imo. just be polite, argue if you feel like it, but remember that you can't rely on that person when the shit goes down.

the question of what to do when you meet someone with real power causing or abetting unspeakable evil is a lot harder, because conscience demands that you stab them in the throat, but circumstances prevent that.