Re:Twitter users are revealing the identities of white supre...
by concede_pluto on Sunday August 13, 2017 @06:07PM
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Two problems: suppressing dumb ideas lends them unwarranted credibility, and in their fervor they will almost certainly victimize innocent people.
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Re:Twitter users are revealing the identities of white supre...
by smt88 on Sunday August 13, 2017 @06:12PM
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I don't see this as suppressing dumb ideas. Quite the opposite -- it's fueling a national debate about those ideas. These people are getting much more of a platform than they'd otherwise have, and I disagree that it gives them credibility. It gives them warranted (and necessary) visibility, juxtaposed against a social backlash, which hurts their credibility.
To your second point: what makes you think doxxing them is going to motivate them to victimize people that they wouldn't otherwise victimize?