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Originally Posted by DownInFlames
I don't reply to him thinking I'll change his mind because I don't think it's possible. I reply to make sure that his posts don't cause anyone to start believing the B.S. he spouts. There was a guy much like Yoho on Reddit, and my brother thought he made sense, so I made sure to show him how wrong he was.
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It's this.
If we ignore the crazy and let him spew it, it goes unchecked.
Then others can read false equivalencies, or fictional rhetoric, and believe it. After all, it was on Fox News, or OAN, or Breitbart, so maybe it is true.
Then it becomes the narrative of truth.
Then people believe it.
Then you have more Yohos.
Do you want more Yohos? Because letting him rant unchecked is how you get more Yohos.
Hell, it wouldn't surprise me if he was a reasonably good guy, that fell in that trap and now here, here he's being challenged here Reddit, or 4Chan or wherever doesn't. His echo chamber doesn't push back, so CP must be wrong.