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I think we can all agree that when we attempt to silence certain views, they are often pushed underground instead of being fully eradicated. Not only that...the

I think we can all agree that when we attempt to silence certain views, they are often pushed underground instead of being fully eradicated. Not only that...they gain more traction. Honestly, what we are going to try to achieve on PinePage, is foster an environment conductive to dialogue. A place where problematic content can be challenged as opposed to getting it banned outright. Check out the story of Daryl Davis who singlehandedly dismantled his local pocket of the KKK, by attending their rallies and openly challenging their rhetoric.

russdpale 5y ago
> is foster an environment conductive to dialogue How are we to foster dialogue with people that want to kill us? That want mass murder and a cleansing of anyone that doesn't agree with them politically? How are we to dialogue with people who accuse anyone who doesn't align with them politically as pedophile satanists? Have you even seen what these people post online? These people don't dialogue, they use words as weapons, and you are giving them the ability to weaponize and grift, period. In reddit's r/askhistorians, where experts actually run things, they don't even allow people to ask questions about holocaust denialism, because they already know those questions are disingenuous, and allowing them does nothing to solve any problems. https://slate.com/technology/2018/07/the-askhistorians-subreddit-banned-holocaust-deniers-and-facebook-should-too.html https://slate.com/technology/2018/07/the-askhistorians-subre... > I think we can all agree that when we attempt to silence certain views, they are often pushed underground instead of being fully eradicated. Not only that...they gain more traction. In what world? Study is showing that deplatforming works, it seems you are lying to yourself.
- pinepage 5y ago
  Before you said we were fascist for helping the common man speak their mind against big-tech and big government. Quite ironic. You seem scared of any opinion that is not shared with you, and then go directly to straw man arguments. Talking works - Daryl Davis is a proof of that. https://www.ted.com/talks/daryl_davis_why_i_as_a_black_man_attend_kkk_rallies https://www.ted.com/talks/daryl_davis_why_i_as_a_black_man_a...
  - russdpale 5y ago
    Where did I call you fascist, what I am saying is that your website is going to be over run with them, and for that I could never recommend it for anyone to use. Falling back on the law and misguided notions of "free" speech is intellectually lazy. > You seem scared of any opinion that is not shared with you, and then go directly to straw man arguments. And you, too scared to confront your nihilism apparently.

russdpale 5y ago

> is foster an environment conductive to dialogue How are we to foster dialogue with people that want to kill us? That want mass murder and a cleansing of anyone that doesn't agree with them politically? How are we to dialogue with people who accuse anyone who doesn't align with them politically as pedophile satanists? Have you even seen what these people post online? These people don't dialogue, they use words as weapons, and you are giving them the ability to weaponize and grift, period. In reddit's r/askhistorians, where experts actually run things, they don't even allow people to ask questions about holocaust denialism, because they already know those questions are disingenuous, and allowing them does nothing to solve any problems. https://slate.com/technology/2018/07/the-askhistorians-subreddit-banned-holocaust-deniers-and-facebook-should-too.html https://slate.com/technology/2018/07/the-askhistorians-subre... > I think we can all agree that when we attempt to silence certain views, they are often pushed underground instead of being fully eradicated. Not only that...they gain more traction. In what world? Study is showing that deplatforming works, it seems you are lying to yourself.

pinepage 5y ago
Before you said we were fascist for helping the common man speak their mind against big-tech and big government. Quite ironic. You seem scared of any opinion that is not shared with you, and then go directly to straw man arguments. Talking works - Daryl Davis is a proof of that. https://www.ted.com/talks/daryl_davis_why_i_as_a_black_man_attend_kkk_rallies https://www.ted.com/talks/daryl_davis_why_i_as_a_black_man_a...
- russdpale 5y ago
  Where did I call you fascist, what I am saying is that your website is going to be over run with them, and for that I could never recommend it for anyone to use. Falling back on the law and misguided notions of "free" speech is intellectually lazy. > You seem scared of any opinion that is not shared with you, and then go directly to straw man arguments. And you, too scared to confront your nihilism apparently.