> Booting people off of platforms merely reinforces their pre-existing beliefs, and further radicalizes them.
Ok, except that you 1) just made this up from whole cloth and 2) have missed the point of deplatforming entirely. Deplatforming trashbags reduces their reach. It doesn't need to change their minds. The trashbag is one person. The gullible are many.
Ok, except that you 1) just made this up from whole cloth and 2) have missed the point of deplatforming entirely. Deplatforming trashbags reduces their reach. It doesn't need to change their minds. The trashbag is one person. The gullible are many.
https://www.vice.com/en_us/article/bjbp9d/do-social-media-ba...
> I believe in shining a light on them. Let the truth fight for itself.
It's very convenient that you then handwave away the very reason why this is wishful thinking.