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Re:Facebook to ban white nationalist content by ianleeclark on Wednesday March 27, 2019 @01:28PM (#19503363)
The problem is that an open environment cannot work when there are bad faith interlocutors actively seeking to undermine that open environment. There's a famous Sartre quote that deals with the paradox of tolerance in regards to anti-semites.
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Re:Facebook to ban white nationalist content by pathseeker on Wednesday March 27, 2019 @03:52PM (#19505236)
Either they are presenting valid arguments or they aren't. If you have the mental tools to analyze and quickly dismiss arguments it doesn't matter if they aren't acting in good faith.
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Re:Facebook to ban white nationalist content by DoofusOfDeath on Wednesday March 27, 2019 @04:09PM (#19505455)
> Either they are presenting valid arguments or they aren't.

I agree. But one problem with bad-faith actors is they can bring productive discussion to a near standstill, due to the time / attention / emotional-energy costs.

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Re:Facebook to ban white nationalist content by rhcom2 on Wednesday March 27, 2019 @06:42PM (#19506943)
That's absurd. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pittsburgh_synagogue_shooting
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