FediThing on Nostr: Blocking bigotry works, the bigots are telling you this themselves by how hard they ...
Blocking bigotry works, the bigots are telling you this themselves by how hard they fight against blocks.
You might think public discourse somehow stop bigotry, but bigots know better. Here's how it works:
1. Discourse with bigots gives bigots a bigger audience to spread hateful lies to about vulnerable groups.
2. All of the audience hears the lies, and part of audience believes them.
3. The part that believes the lies starts spreading the lies too.
4. Bigot's following grows, their lies become normalised.
5. Rinse and repeat.
Bigotry depends on having as large an audience as possible. That's why bigots hate being blocked.
You might think public discourse somehow stop bigotry, but bigots know better. Here's how it works:
1. Discourse with bigots gives bigots a bigger audience to spread hateful lies to about vulnerable groups.
2. All of the audience hears the lies, and part of audience believes them.
3. The part that believes the lies starts spreading the lies too.
4. Bigot's following grows, their lies become normalised.
5. Rinse and repeat.
Bigotry depends on having as large an audience as possible. That's why bigots hate being blocked.