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Originally Posted by FunkMasterFlame
When did the liberal ideal of "I disagree with what you say, but will defend to the death your right to say it" change to "I disagree with what you say, and will censor and de-platform you to prevent further exposure of your wrongthink"?
Extremists beliefs need to be exposed in the light and denounced/mocked for the toxic ideals that they espouse, not forcibly relocated to echo-chambers in the dark corners of the internet where they will only fester and self-reinforce, not being challenged in any meaningful way.
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You cannot be 'reasoned' out of an opinion you did not 'reason' yourself into.
I think you're assuming that all opinions can have light shed upon them and be debunked and the people that hold those opinions and beliefs can come to see that light, the error of their ways and change.
Some times noise just needs to be turned off when its clearly just noise.
And you are absolutely correct, that noise will find itself dark corners and echo-chambers where it will fester and self-reinforce. But some people, regardless of challenge or evidence or reason simply do not want to, and will not change.
Really the only options are that those voices, and we're talking the real hardcore extremists here, have to be brushed aside and ignored...or silenced.