You're far more patient than I ever could be. Good one you. It's conversations like these that change people's minds. If not OC, than those less stubborn who read the interaction.
Yes this is my own post. Yes, I'm not very humble. But thanks for your compliment.
Being nice and understanding had proven to help change minds, rather than forcing them to get all defensive and everything.
Apparently he lives far away from everything, so not driving for him is not a realistic option. He did say on his own as well, that he shouldn't be in the community.
Don't bother trying to change their minds, you won't do it. It's generally done in bad faith.
Instead, aim to make other readers think. An uncontested comment is seen as supported by the larger community. Just contesting it makes a big difference. If you can educate, at the same time, all the better.
The right has been using this trick for years. It makes their opinion seem disproportionately supported.
Driving is a privilege not a right. How did we get here? Who is fucken producing these igits and letting them wander away from the organ harvesting factory?
I wish people from All didn't engage with fuck cars. I don't hang out in a community called "fuck cars" just to have talking heads from shit-town-fediverse.net in every comment section, who have never thought critically about car-dependency, say, "AtCHUalLY cars are pretty useful!!1!"
Agree on majority of the post, except for "make the choices you feel are right". Hard disagree on this normatively. If you're saying it descriptively, sure, but it's essentially tautological at that point.
We shouldn't advocate that people just act in whatever way feels correct to them. Sociopaths feel like it's okay to do things that are not okay. So do bigots, racists, speciesists, sexists, etc.
We should instead do what you're doing with the majority of your post, advocate for correct positions and then come to a rational conclusion with the people we are talking to. Giving them a get out of jail free card, permitting them to do literally anything, is unnecessary.