to prove how stupid they are.
Let Nazis Talk
Submitted 6 days ago by CliffordCard@feddit.org to philosophy@mander.xyz
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BlameTheAntifa@lemmy.world 6 days ago
GalacticSushi@lemmy.blahaj.zone 6 days ago
In a world of rampant anti-intellectual, disinformation, and rising fascist movements, you’re suggesting we should allow dangerous ideologies to be spread unchecked out of some naive belief that people will suddenly, after years of this not being the case, disregard them due to finding them stupid?
Talk about proving how stupid you are.
resipsaloquitur@lemmy.world 6 days ago
lvxferre@mander.xyz 6 days ago
For succinctness I’ll interpret “stupid” = “immoral and/or false”.
This assumes your typical person naturally discards a stupid discourse, once you show it’s stupid. I don’t think they do; instead they’ll discard a discourse that conflicts with their world view, and is not emotionally engaging enough to replace it.
In the light of that, “let the Nazi talk” sounds like a notoriously bad idea. Specially when the Nazi in question are highly rhetorical, i.e. make their stupidity highly emotionally engaging.
A better approach is to address the core claims of the Nazi discourse, in absence of their rhetoric, showing why they’re stupid (and cringe). That’s basically what a lot of people already do.
Kolanaki@pawb.social 5 days ago
We already fucking know, tho. They need to STFU.
Amoxtli@thelemmy.club 6 days ago
Well, the problem is, there are more stupid people than smart ones. And they vote, too.
DragonTypeWyvern@midwest.social 5 days ago
Hey, look, fascist and antidemocratic rhetoric.
TheAlbatross@lemmy.blahaj.zone 6 days ago
Have you been in a cave for the past decade? It doesn’t matter if someone proves something is stupid, the world doesn’t run on intelligence and logic.