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You say they learn if from the environment around them. This is exactly right, and this is exactly why you ban racists from your open platforms. There will alw

You say they learn if from the environment around them. This is exactly right, and this is exactly why you ban racists from your open platforms. There will always be hardcore hateful people who hide deep in the pockets of the internet. The point is to not normalise them, not let them spread their hatred in public, and not to make people think that sort of attitude is ok. They are exposed to counterpoints constantly, and it is not changing them.

busymom0 7y ago
> They are exposed to counterpoints constantly, and it is not changing them. This is not correct. This very post's topic implies they aren't exposed to counterpoints. Banning them from every platform possible doesn't allow them to be exposed to counterpoints. Allowing hateful people doesn't mean we are normalizing it. Also the definition of "hate speech" is extremely vague now a days. > You say they learn if from the environment around them. This is exactly right, and this is exactly why you ban racists from your open platforms. So you are saying that not allowing these people on open platforms where they are exposed to counterpoints (let's say 5% bad + 95% good) so that they all jump to another platform (8chan for example) where they are exposed to an even higher saturation of bad (100% bad) is good? That's basically exposing them to an even worse environment now. That's exactly what's making this situation even worse. Every mass shooting etc was planned on those worse platforms (4chan, 8chan) etc.