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Re:You can't censor away extremism or any other problem by skybrian on Friday March 12, 2021 @12:04PM (#26437936)
Too late.

I mean, sure, it’s nice if it isn’t in your face all the time. I’m glad Google’s SafeSearch exists. But keeping people who are actually curious from finding things is much harder than that, and there are a lot of curious teenagers.

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Re:You can't censor away extremism or any other problem by penetraitor69 on Saturday March 13, 2021 @12:51AM (#26444339)
Agreed. But at the same time, a key part of normalization is constant exposure; people who are exposed to extreme views incessantly are less likely to recognize them as "extreme" than those who only see them once in a blue moon, and see them get moderated when they do.

This isn't even specific to extremist views or even politics in general; in all parts of life, from the foods people eat, to the religion they practice, to the music they enjoy: people will consider "normal" that which they constantly perceive.

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