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> In fact, social pressure is one of the most effective tools against hate and ignorance like this. If you de-platform people, you no longer have a way to pres
by downerending 6y ago
> In fact, social pressure is one of the most effective tools against hate and ignorance like this.
If you de-platform people, you no longer have a way to pressure them. Declaring them "beyond the pale" means giving up further rational influence on them. Nothing is left but violence.
The people we revere as history's greatest moral leaders never took this approach.