Anonymous #1 16h

The point is that biphobia and transphobia must be challenged, must not and cannot be tolerated. The point of online debate is not to change minds, but to set boundaries

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Anonymous #1 16h

Im not saying it shouldnt be resisted but that this possibly the worse place to have that dialogue

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Anonymous OP 16h

Dialogue isn’t the point. Dialogue would be COUNTER to the point. The resistance IS the point.

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Anonymous #1 16h

Im also saying its a bad place to do it because it is not materially helping anyone.

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Anonymous OP 16h

I agree. But again. The resistance is the point. There is no expectation of material support.

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Anonymous #1 16h

But the thing is it just fuels the conversation to the point where its taking up all the airspace. Esp with trolls its genuinely a negative to interact with them.

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Anonymous OP 13h

I agree. But I counter: isn’t it worse, much worse even, to let bigotry go unchallenged?

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Anonymous #1 1h

I think what op means is that, in that scenario, the 9 people should toss he nazi out the front door and go back to whatever they were doing before, not talk about whatever the nazi said the rest of the night. A lot of bigots of all types don’t care about getting figuratively thrown out, as long as their opinions get into others heads and discussions.

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Anonymous #2 31m

Well, there’s no mods here. No one has the power to throw them out. We cannot stop them from spewing hate here. So the best remaining option is to protest their hate. Is to resist.

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