When someone in my family expresses their concern that Covid-19 vaccines are causing harm to the population, I can respond by: “I also think that it is very important to seriously monitor the adverse health effects of all drugs, in the case of [...]”.
If they said that the Jews are drinking the blood of Christian babies, would you reply that of course you think it’s important to keep babies safe?
Your description of finding common ground is within a hairsbreadth of being concern trolling.
No, I would not say that. I wanted to present an example that many people can relate to. I suppose that many readers have heard others express concern over vaccines before.
If someone said that „Jews are drinking the blood of Christian babies“, I do not think that I should argue with this person (as outlined in the article—not worth the effort). I believe that this claim is not to be compared with concern over vaccines, even if the latter is not well-founded in evidence.
I would think that if your “common ground” with someone is something 99% of humans agree with and which is absurdly broad anyway, you haven’t really found common ground.
If they said that the Jews are drinking the blood of Christian babies, would you reply that of course you think it’s important to keep babies safe?
Your description of finding common ground is within a hairsbreadth of being concern trolling.
No, I would not say that. I wanted to present an example that many people can relate to. I suppose that many readers have heard others express concern over vaccines before.
If someone said that „Jews are drinking the blood of Christian babies“, I do not think that I should argue with this person (as outlined in the article—not worth the effort). I believe that this claim is not to be compared with concern over vaccines, even if the latter is not well-founded in evidence.
I would think that if your “common ground” with someone is something 99% of humans agree with and which is absurdly broad anyway, you haven’t really found common ground.