Trying to reason with extremists is a bad idea. The only thing you can do is to get the extremists to become more moderate and then try to reason. The only advantage in debating or arguing with extremists is that they expose themselves as such to others but never agree to anything they demand. Once the outside onlookers see that the extremists are not using practical logic the better for forcing the extremists to moderate. We have a similar situation here in America in our national politics at the moment and the tact of not negotiating with them is rightly being applied. There will be some discomfort and harm done to our society over not allowing the extremists to force any unacceptable demand upon us but the right course is to deny them anything for there nefarious effort. History will show how this all plays out and being on the right side of this current disaster is a true test of our character as a country on whole. If we are not to be expected to practice the virtue of our souls then we are a shallow society ripe for the disintegration that will most assuredly follow. Illogic aside, being the best of who we are is our purpose and our destiny should reflect that. Courage of conviction must be based upon values that have a high ideal. Equality, fairness, justice and ethic must be at the heart of all of our enterprises and when they are not then any strategy that employs willful harm as a solution is only reflective of the flawed thinking extremists are captured by. Captured for sure since logic has not been able to dissuade them from there head long rush into chaos.
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