> How should we address this problem without cutting off things like 8chan, though? We need to address root causes rather than symptoms. Radicalization is oft

> How should we address this problem without cutting off things like 8chan, though? We need to address root causes rather than symptoms. Radicalization is often the result of in-group/out-group thinking[0]. What causes a person to develop a strong affinity for a particular group? What causes them to feel attack by those outside of the group? When we can answer these questions and others like it, we can start to cut off the problem at the source rather than playing a game of whack-a-mole. (And I fear that game of whack-a-mole because I fear that it may cause great harm to our long-term freedoms.) I think a good start is fixing our political discourse. It's not radical ideas that are the problem. It's how we interact. It's how we address one another. It's not limited to "the left" or "the right." It's everywhere. We attack groups and people rather than addressing ideas. In fact, I am first on the list of people who need to change. I started this whole thread by taking an unfair swipe at CloudFlare. When we change our political discourse, those who value their identity with a particular group will feel less attacked and be less prone to radicalization. This can be applied to CloudFlare/8chan in how CloudFlare went about it. CloudFlare dumping 8chan so quickly, arbitrarily, and without appeal will likely be seen as an attack on the in-group. This could be mitigated by reaching out to the 8chan leadership first. While CloudFlare might have cut them off in the end, at least there'd be a track record of making an effort to bridge their differences. And I think that would help reduce the impact this action would have. 0. "Mechanisms of Political Radicalization: Pathways Toward Terrorism." Source: https://www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10.1080/09546550802073367 https://www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10.1080/095465508020733...