Comment on Substack says it will not remove or demonetize Nazi content
jordanlund@lemmy.world 9 months ago
I can ALMOST see his point… If you push them underground, you push them to find a space where nobody will challenge them, and they can grow stronger in that echo chamber.
Allowing them to be exposed to the light of day and fresh air makes their evil apparent to all and searchable.
And besides, “Punch a Nazi Day” just isn’t the same without Nazis. :)
admiralteal@kbin.social 9 months ago
The problem being we basically know that's not how it works.
If you push them underground, the main result is fewer Nazis. Intentionally platforming them helps them maintain a facade of normalcy that makes it WAY easier to recruit people into the organizations and further radicalize them. Not to mention the simple amplification effect of having a platform.
The idea that the underground Nazis are going to be a more distilled, pure, volatile form of Nazi SOUNDS theoretically sensible. But if that's your argument, the burden of proof is on you to demonstrate it actually happens. And even if it sometimes does, if there's only 10 of them it barely matters.
The simplest solution, to shut down the recruitment pipeline, is also the correct choice for a platform operator to make.
TheEntity@kbin.social 9 months ago
Thanks for putting it into words. I couldn't quite put my finger on what specifically felt wrong about this reasoning but you're on point.