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Re:Reddit shuts down subreddits including r/The_Donald and r... by pjc50 on Monday June 29, 2020 @03:09PM (#23681259)
You can't confront fascism with the truth, because they've no interest in playing that game and will laugh in your face. There is no statement you can present that will trigger a Damascene conversion.
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Re:Reddit shuts down subreddits including r/The_Donald and r... by kerkeslager on Monday June 29, 2020 @03:12PM (#23681303)
You can confront fascism with truth, because the goal of that is to inform those reading the conversation, not to persuade the fascist.

You're literally saying that because they're not playing our game, we should let fascists control what game is played.

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Re:Reddit shuts down subreddits including r/The_Donald and r... by bhawks on Monday June 29, 2020 @08:53PM (#23685342)
The meme that you can't have a conversation with a person that changes their perspective and ideologies is a false and harmful one.

Look at Daryl Davis's amazing work getting over 200 klansmembers to turn away from the klan through honest conversation.

Is it easy? Of course not. But it's not impossible to reach people - it happens every day.

https://twitter.com/RealDarylDavis

https://youtu.be/oGTQ0Wj6yIg

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Re:Reddit shuts down subreddits including r/The_Donald and r... by kerkeslager on Tuesday June 30, 2020 @09:06AM (#23689585)
Wow, that's really interesting. Thanks for posting that.
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