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> but that won't stop them from doing it "in real life." Ban them on online platforms, ostracize them in real life. It may sound harsh, but it's not, consider
by Copenjin 7y ago
> but that won't stop them from doing it "in real life."
Ban them on online platforms, ostracize them in real life.
It may sound harsh, but it's not, considering all the people you'll save from them.
- h0h0h0h0111 7y agoIs this really the best solution? I feel like this only feeds the "conspiracy" more. In my view, it's always better to let people spread their (false) views, and just make factual information easily available to counter them. A lot of people who are attracted to such extremism are not in a rational frame of mind anyway - ostracising them in real life only serves to send them deeper into their rabbit hole.
- catalogia 7y ago> "ostracize them in real life." Are they not already though? I suppose it's always possible to go even further, but I'm not convinced that would work. Perhaps it would be instructive to consider how obese people are treated in countries where obesity rates are low. Are fat people ostracized to a greater or lesser degree in those countries?