[HL Discussion] How to productively tackle ignorance?

[Macallik86]

Changing the pace a little bit here away from the typical news-related convos towards a muddier topic.

In my opinion, the country is marching towards a potential slow-moving civil war and/or dictatorship, but it fells like there's enough runway to right the ship.

The question is how do we tackle the views of people whose views are objectively misguided?

On the one hand, I think that engaging with low-information perspectives are more likely to give them a platform, while OTOH, ignoring them completely allows them to fall into deeper echo chambers.

To use TLR as an example, I have blocked +150 people which has made my personal experience better but that doesn't mean that they aren't spewing nonsense to the rest of the board because I close my ears

TL;DR: How do we interact w/ the 'TLR' people of the world in a way that makes for an overall better community as opposed to a glib sense of self-righteousness, while also avoiding normalizing more radical views by letting them cook in the community?

 

[Pressure]

Get them drunk, offer them drugs, show them your guns, then make them sit down and listen.

 

[Consigliere]

Violence.

I wish this wasn’t the case.

Edit: obviously violence for its own sake is not productive. Unfortunately, we’re approaching a point where the State will likely have to exercise its right to the monopoly on force. It’s already happening all the time on micro-scale with Ashley Babbit being a larger example.

I’m terms of how to interact with TLR poster you should let them have their own opinions. This forum isn’t exactly shaping the world.

 

[Scientific Playa]

good thoughts. I blocked a few of those spamming pawg making thread posters which improved my scrolling experience,
and don't engage many of those in the red. they are in the red for a reason.

 

[OfTheCross]

Changing the pace a little bit here away from the typical news-related convos towards a muddier topic.

In my opinion, the country is marching towards a potential slow-moving civil war and/or dictatorship, but it fells like there's enough runway to right the ship.

The question is how do we tackle the views of people whose views are objectively misguided?

On the one hand, I think that engaging with low-information perspectives are more likely to give them a platform, while OTOH, ignoring them completely allows them to fall into deeper echo chambers.

To use TLR as an example, I have blocked +150 people which has made my personal experience better but that doesn't mean that they aren't spewing nonsense to the rest of the board because I close my ears

TL;DR: How do we interact w/ the 'TLR' people of the world in a way that makes for an overall better community as opposed to a glib sense of self-righteousness, while also avoiding normalizing more radical views by letting them cook in the community?

You gotta feign ignorance and outrage about things that impact us directly.

For example, r tards are outraged that trannies exist. We gotta pretend to care about that, not defend it, and then pivot to, "man, I can't believe they lowered my food stamps. F*cking Republicans keep cutting sh*t"

The curse words are necessary depending in the person you're talking to

 

[the cac mamba]

The question is how do we tackle the views of people whose views are objectively misguided?

what gives you the right to determine this? for example, the left thinks that people who believe there are only two genders are objectively misguided

so given that the left has sacrificed its intellectual high ground on ommon sense issues, i'm not sure where you're going.
with this. education camps?

as far as the kind of people who think trump really won, the only option is to beat them into the ground at the polls