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> you can see a marked increase of far-right crap on your algorithmic timeline as well, with every little interaction you have with far-right content. And? I
by madamelic 3y ago
> you can see a marked increase of far-right crap on your algorithmic timeline as well, with every little interaction you have with far-right content.
And?
I trust people to be intelligent enough to make their own decisions. If seeing an incredibly (or even mildly) racist tweet suddenly makes them proverbially goose-step around their home, they already were going to. One, ten, or hundred posts won't make them racist unless they were already predisposed to those ideas. In a healthy mind, viewing alternative views may broaden their view which might include disagreeing with their previous opinions.
If viewing a gay marriage doesn't make you gay, neither does seeing someone complain about other races or LGBT people. I am on 'your' side politically but the opinion that all conservative opinion should be extinguished or somehow that it is inherently harmful because you disagree with is just as bad as conservatives saying the same about your opinion.
There is no harm in reading and understanding other's opinions. All sides need to understand that. It only crosses into the need for 'deplatforming' when they are making implicit or explicit threats against a person or a group of people.
"I think <x> race is less likely to be successful due to <x, y, z>" is not a bad opinion. It may be wrong, but it isn't hurtful beyond maybe to someone who is too sensitive. "I think <x> race should be exterminated" is beyond the line and shouldn't be allowed to be posted publicly.
- logicalmonster 3y ago> If viewing a gay marriage doesn't make you gay, neither does seeing someone complain about other races or LGBT people. This is a great line that probably pisses off almost everybody. Love it.