Re:What Happens After Prisoners Learn to Code?
by ufov2 on Saturday December 14, 2019 @12:09PM
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Wrong: demonization is obviously one-sided. Because it alone can drive polarization, polarization is not "two-sided".
Moreover, there is a difference in calling spade a spade, and hate speech.
Re:What Happens After Prisoners Learn to Code?
by harimau777 on Saturday December 14, 2019 @05:42PM
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I'm not sure I think "just cave in" is a realistic solution to polarization. That doesn't actually solve anything it just creates more resentment.
In terms of demonization, I think its fair to use words like racist, sexist, and fascist when they are accurate descriptions. Before the Trump administration I was opposed to using those terms because I didn't feel that it was clear that they were accurate. However, I do think they are accurate now.
In my opinion, Nazi is only a reasonable term when the person is actually advocating for Nazism which, other than actual Neo-Nazis, is very rare. The only example I can think of where it might be valid was when Trump said that there were good people on both sides of a Neo-Nazi rally.
Demonizing the other size is impressively the other way. It's happening whenever you see people flinging words like racist, sexist, fascist, and nazi.