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Re:The global gag on free speech is tightening by krageon on Thursday October 03, 2019 @08:43AM (#21146299)
You can't counter someone with arguments when they have lost touch with reality. It is a losing proposition no matter what, because you are just losing energy throwing arguments at a literal wall of ignorance.

This sort of trolling (or god forbid actual ignorance) does not deserve a voice anywhere. There are plenty of people with disturbed thinking we don't spend time listening to and we do this because we already know it won't make a lick of difference: At the end of the day, they're still not capable of thinking coherent thoughts no matter how much you talk at them.

Re:The global gag on free speech is tightening by erik_seaberg on Thursday October 03, 2019 @06:48PM (#21153080)
It's the audience you need to convince, not the other side. Banning them makes your position look weak.
Re:The global gag on free speech is tightening by krageon on Friday October 04, 2019 @05:19AM (#21156055)
The only people that the position would "look weak" to would be people who don't understand what it means when something is just a verifiable truth. I would posit you lose nothing by ignoring them.