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Re:Even my bigoted critics deserve free speech by tstrimple on Sunday August 22, 2021 @03:36PM (#28268760)
If only the rejects from other platforms congregate on gab, they can’t mainstream their toxic views with the general public. That’s an example of deplatforming working.
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Re:Even my bigoted critics deserve free speech by hello_marmalade on Sunday August 22, 2021 @06:21PM (#28270246)
The problem is that it causes those people to become more extreme because they get put into an echo chamber.

It’s like putting a petty thief in with hardened criminals. They’re not coming out better than they went in, they’re coming out much, much worse.

It’s the difference between seeing people say racist things on Twitter, and having someone shoot up a church. Extremists aren’t created out in public.

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