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>>The followers of Trump seems like a cult. He was shockingly prescient in his statement about being able to shoot someone on 5th Ave and not lose a vote. > An

>>The followers of Trump seems like a cult. He was shockingly prescient in his statement about being able to shoot someone on 5th Ave and not lose a vote. > And you are engaging in it. You are demonizing Trump's supporters by calling them cultists. This has some level of statistical probability of causing violence. That is the definition of stochastic terrorism. I beg to differ. Maybe you think cultists should be killed, but I think they should be helped to understand their relationship and find a way to free themselves from that control. I'm also curious as to what you think comprises a cult and any examples of such. And if one is a member of a cult how that person should be "dealt with". I'm also curious as to if there is anything that Trump could do or say that would cause you to no longer support him. My goal of engaging with you is not to make you wrong or me right -- it's about finding some common areas of agreement that we can find come together as a country to make things better. It unfortunately looks like that may not be possible and that fills me with despair.

_-david-_ 4y ago
>I beg to differ. Maybe you think cultists should be killed, but I think they should be helped to understand their relationship and find a way to free themselves from that control. The very fact you are calling somebody a stochastic terrorist is in fact stochastic terrorism. Why do you think I think cultists should be killed? Regardless, just because I don't think cultists should be killed doesn't mean your rhetoric isn't likely to cause violence. That is the only thing that matters when it comes to stochastic terrorism. >I'm also curious as to what you think comprises a cult and any examples of such. And if one is a member of a cult how that person should be "dealt with". You are the one calling people cultists. You should be defining it not me. >I'm also curious as to if there is anything that Trump could do or say that would cause you to no longer support him What makes you think I support Trump? I just don't like giant multi billion dollar companies suppressing speech under false pretenses. I would be making the same arguments for any person removed under false pretenses. >My goal of engaging with you is not to make you wrong or me right -- it's about finding some common areas of agreement that we can find come together as a country to make things better. It unfortunately looks like that may not be possible and that fills me with despair. Maybe we can find common ground on these statements: - social media companies should not lie about their reasons on banning people. - social media companies should have specific and clear rules - social media companies should only ban people for violating their rules or when directly required to by a legal order

_-david-_ 4y ago

>I beg to differ. Maybe you think cultists should be killed, but I think they should be helped to understand their relationship and find a way to free themselves from that control. The very fact you are calling somebody a stochastic terrorist is in fact stochastic terrorism. Why do you think I think cultists should be killed? Regardless, just because I don't think cultists should be killed doesn't mean your rhetoric isn't likely to cause violence. That is the only thing that matters when it comes to stochastic terrorism. >I'm also curious as to what you think comprises a cult and any examples of such. And if one is a member of a cult how that person should be "dealt with". You are the one calling people cultists. You should be defining it not me. >I'm also curious as to if there is anything that Trump could do or say that would cause you to no longer support him What makes you think I support Trump? I just don't like giant multi billion dollar companies suppressing speech under false pretenses. I would be making the same arguments for any person removed under false pretenses. >My goal of engaging with you is not to make you wrong or me right -- it's about finding some common areas of agreement that we can find come together as a country to make things better. It unfortunately looks like that may not be possible and that fills me with despair. Maybe we can find common ground on these statements: - social media companies should not lie about their reasons on banning people. - social media companies should have specific and clear rules - social media companies should only ban people for violating their rules or when directly required to by a legal order