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Re:Stop Using Encrypted Email by loup-vaillant on Thursday February 20, 2020 @04:54AM (#22373921)
> Anti-vaxxers being mocked is good

You need to be strategic about it. I've met someone with anti-vax beliefs, and pointing out her errors without mocking her worked wonders. I believe she actually changed her mind.

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Re:Stop Using Encrypted Email by CiPHPerCoder on Thursday February 20, 2020 @06:28AM (#22374310)
That's not strategic, that's tactical.

Strategic is mocking them to prevent their stupid ideas from spreading. (Public shaming creates a resistance at scale.)

Tactical is breaking from the general strategy to help at an atomic unit (i.e. one person).

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Re:Stop Using Encrypted Email by loup-vaillant on Thursday February 20, 2020 @07:15AM (#22374503)
Indeed, I stand corrected.
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