> If you ban a conspiracy theorist, doesn't that give him credibility among conspiracy theorists? If someone believed this before without evidence, then supply

> If you ban a conspiracy theorist, doesn't that give him credibility among conspiracy theorists? If someone believed this before without evidence, then supplying them with evidence either way does nothing to change that situation. Except... > How is anyone better off now that he's banned? People who didn't watch him still don't watch him. People who did watch him still watch him ( maybe moreso because they downloaded his app ), and people who were on the fence maybe think he was right. You forgot the future generations of people who now won't be exposed to his messages just because a random Facebook friend is a convert. I am thankful for that. As quixotical as it sounds, we must be intolerant of intolerance. Exclusion is the only goal of the intolerant, and by allowing them to speak we are encouraging the very behavior that we are trying to prevent.