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>Banning X communities does work to achieve the goal of people not talking about X. Honestly I'm not sure that is even accurate, I would imagine it does the op
by Clubber 5y ago
>Banning X communities does work to achieve the goal of people not talking about X.
Honestly I'm not sure that is even accurate, I would imagine it does the opposite. People are drawn to what's not allowed, it's even one of the morals of the Adam and Eve story. Pretty old but still relevant idea of human nature.
Here's an interesting story about Goldberger who defended the Neo Nazis in Skokie.
https://www.aclu.org/issues/free-speech/rights-protesters/skokie-case-how-i-came-represent-free-speech-rights-nazis https://www.aclu.org/issues/free-speech/rights-protesters/sk...
- inglor_cz 5y agoFrom a former Communist country: whatever was banned (jokes about the Party or the Soviet Union, various conspiracies or whatever correct-but-undesirable information out there, such as the Chernobyl accident in the first days), spread like wildfire by "whispering channels". People are really drawn to forbidden fruit.
- kongin 5y agoYou need to understand that the people who are saying we must ban misinformation are the party apparatchiks, trying to argue in good faith with them is pointless. The only reason to engage is to show the silent majority that they aren't crazy for disagreeing with those in power.