"Do you grant creationists good faith? How about anti-vaxers? Flat earthers?"
Yes. All of them.
I've never had to do so with a flat-earther simply because I've never met one.
But the others? Sure, I treat them like human beings.
Marginalizing people for their beliefs will not change their minds but it WILL fracture society. I think some people will side with the "opposing view" simply because they are indignant when they see how the sanctimonious mob treats them.
Like I said, nothing happens in a vacuum. People in the anti-abortion camp routinely call people evil, demon possessed, and immoral. They have killed people. There are bills passing now that force women to undergo unneeded medical procedures.
Somehow I'm being sanctimonious because I'm not going to pretend that there is no historical context to all of this.
That's what they have been doing this whole time. The far-right pushes against the bounds of decency and then the center-right says that you aren't being civil when someone brings it up.
I'm not marginalizing anyone. I'm just not going to pretend that there is no larger context.
Yes. All of them.
I've never had to do so with a flat-earther simply because I've never met one.
But the others? Sure, I treat them like human beings.
Marginalizing people for their beliefs will not change their minds but it WILL fracture society. I think some people will side with the "opposing view" simply because they are indignant when they see how the sanctimonious mob treats them.