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Has the "worst person you know" ever actually made a GREAT point? (lemmy.ml)

submitted 1 week ago by Objection@lemmy.ml to c/asklemmy@lemmy.ml

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We all know the meme, but most of the time it's referenced about someone shitty saying something you already agree with. What I wanna hear about is a time when someone who you broadly disagree with actually gave you some kind of new insight about something - even if you didn't end up coming around to their point of view. Maybe they gave you a piece of a puzzle that you were missing, but then you built on that in a completely different way.

Doesn't have to actually be "the worst person you know," interpret it however you like.

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[–] Witchfire@lemmy.world 6 points 1 week ago

Well a famous podcaster hasn't said a racist thing in the last month or two, so I'll give him that