Re:How YouTube converted people to flat Earth
by buildzr on Thursday July 18, 2019 @11:24AM
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> I'm a little tired of this constantly coming up
Perhaps then you shouldn't have made it into a political position by suggesting that they'd all vote for a specific candidate.
> This is relatively easy to prove, but people can be influenced by the right rhetoric, and they vote.
It's a bit of a trusting trust exercise - you can prove it in a way that satisfies you, but that doesn't necessarily satisfy everyone.
> Would you apply this logic to ISIS recruitment videos?
Much more debatable because ISIS videos encourage outright violence.
Re:How YouTube converted people to flat Earth
by tombert on Thursday July 18, 2019 @11:28AM
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I didn't say they'd all vote for a specific candidate, but based on what you're telling me, this is the logical conclusion:
1) People don't vote based on their beliefs, 2) Beliefs can't be wrong, 3) A vote based on a wrong belief can't lead to an undesirable candidate.
The earth is not flat. This is relatively easy to prove, but people can be influenced by the right rhetoric, and they vote.
I'm not saying that people shouldn't be allowed to believe in dumb things from a legal perspective, I just don't think they're entitled to a platform.
Would you apply this logic to ISIS recruitment videos? "It's their choice! YouTube shouldn't pull their videos because if they do democracy has failed as a concept!"