Then how do we counter them?
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Utterly marginalize them. As Hitler and Goebbels advised, crush their movement in its infancy.
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I just co-wrote a manifesto arguing this. Banning ideas cant marginalise as well as addressing them.
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Replying to @HPluckrose @apeirophobic and
Banning is essentially making ppl pretend a problem doesn't exist. Crap way of fixing it.
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You don't need to give a serial killer a platform at a university to explain why serial killers are wrong.
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They don't have an ideology. They don't make arguments that convince ppl & so need rebutting
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Replace the words serial killer with Nazi. The argument is identical.
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No, its not. Nazism is an ideology, whose ideas need to be understood & countered
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They don't care about how you counter it. They are motivated by resentment, fear, hatred, entitlement, and machismo.
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Replying to @apeirophobic @HPluckrose and
When you put them in a debate, you immediately make them feel like they have won because they want to become a "reasonable side."
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No, they feel they've won when ppl stop pointing out how shit their ideas are & start trying to silence
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