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Consider a utilitarian point of view. This is not about grounding people who already went off the deep end, it's about reducing the number of people who get rad
by katmannthree 6y ago
Consider a utilitarian point of view. This is not about grounding people who already went off the deep end, it's about reducing the number of people who get radicalized. I think from that perspective deplatforming radicals is both ethical and effective.
- vladTheInhaler 6y agoI don't understand why you are being downvoted. People may not agree with the sentiment, but it seems salient and reasonably stated.
- lawnchair_larry 6y agoBecause people who aren’t radicals have been called radicals, and there’s no way that anyone trusts anyone else to decide who is a radical.
- MrMan 6y agoIt is true, what used to be radical is now becoming normal. Propganda works.
- JPKab 6y agoObviously I would agree if you're talking about Alex Jones. A thing that worries me is when people are banned or videos are removed when the facts in question are in dispute. I was a very big proponent of wearing mask in the beginning of the pandemic back when the WHO and Dr Fauci had advised against it not because it was true but to manipulate the public for the purpose of preventing a rush on n95 masks. If I had stated in a video the truth which was that the public was being manipulated to protect the masks, I would have been contradicting WHO and the video could have been banned. That's a problem.