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Replying to @o_guest
Absolutely. The idea that the best way to stop proto-fascists is to give them a platform "so everyone can debate their ideas" has been proven wrong so many times now. No matter who "wins" the debate, having it still increases their popularity.
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Replying to @Erysiphales @o_guest
did you ever see Peter Coffin's fishhook theory vid? It basically asserts that the centre's obsession with "fairness" and "both sides" inherently opens them up to propagating far-right ideas simply by insisting that they deserve a platform when they really don't
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Replying to @Erysiphales
I don't know if I have seen it explicitly, but I agree with this idea and have thought of it too.
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Replying to @o_guest
Fair enough :D The flip side, at least, is that the constant whining about how unfair it is when people are deplatformed for their shitty views makes for a good barometer of how effective those tactics are
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Replying to @Erysiphales
I'll check it out. I REALLY REALLY recommend this, if you haven't seen it!https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Sx4BVGPkdzk …
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Replying to @o_guest
Hahaha, d/w I am 100% up to date with contra, lefty youtube is my preferred background noise when I'm annotating genes (or just generally) XD
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Replying to @o_guest
For sure <3 And literally as I typed this response a new Shaun vid comes out! If you're a contra fan but don't follow him I recommend it!
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Replying to @Erysiphales @o_guest
But also while we're chatting are there any cool podcasts/youtubers/whatever in that leftist / popular science vein you'd recommend to me? I'm trying to actually practice what I preach and seek out voices that aren't like my own (ie middle class white british guys)
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Ah, Cypriot left wing voices. Eeek. No idea what to say as English-speaking ones are not known to me.
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Replying to @o_guest
ahah, no worries - you don't owe me recommendations XD I was just wondering seeing as how we overlap via conta if there were other people in your mental "recommend them to everyone list" because mine is cool but fairly homogenous, I wasn't trying to put you on the spot haha
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