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warlocc_ t1_j5cj0kp wrote

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To be honest, it does seem to be a fair point that making a big deal of these groups in the last few years has emboldened them.

Reverse psychology is a thing, after all.

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Linux-Is-Best OP t1_j5cjyz4 wrote

> To be honest, it does seem to be a fair point that making a big deal of these groups in the last few years has emboldened them. > > Reverse psychology is a thing, after all.

It has been sad to watch. I hope in time that they'll once again be shunned back into the shadows, to wither and fade back into irrelevance and obscurity.

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NativeMasshole t1_j5cw9yi wrote

It's exactly what they want. It gives the hate groups free publicity. People on this sub were literally sharing their propaganda for them! Any time one of these assholes hangs a sign in public, it gets posted online for far more eyes to see it.

It doesn't matter if you're doing it to hate on them. You think they've never been called mean names online before? They don't care, and it still spreads their message. What's more, how are we supposed to know that the propaganda isn't being posted by the hate groups themselves? I saw a goddamn rally invitation shared on this sub before the mods put a stop to the nonsense.

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warlocc_ t1_j5cxcbe wrote

>It doesn't matter if you're doing it to hate on them.

Even that seems like a bad idea to me. We've seen the comments in those threads rapidly get mass moderated for threats, and the ones not moderated are generalized derogatory messages like "All Republicans are [evil thing]" which just makes us all look nearly as bad as what we're decrying.

"They're the bad guys for being hateful" loses some credibility when the people saying it are being moderated for death threats.

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