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video on how blocking fascists is more effective than debating them (youtu.be)

submitted 2 months ago by RosethornRangerTTV to c/progressivepolitics

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alt-text for thumbnail: text saying “blocking fascists is self-care” next to an antifascist flag on a 2d digital art wooden background

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[–] [email protected] 7 points 2 months ago

OK do whatever you want but that is a weirdly aggressive approach to discourse.

Disputing misinformation is a form of social power, and realistically I’m not going to spend my online time organizing—it’s a form of recreation, and it doesn’t really compete with my work time. I don’t see those two things as competing. Regardless of what I do they will keep spreading misinformation but if people see the rebuttal they will be primed to reject it when they see it again even if I don’t have the time to respond to every one.