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by jlarocco 2880 days ago
Same here. I don't agree with anything he says, but banning him from these platforms sets a bad precedent. The way to fight ignorance is with education.

If anything, this will enforce their persecution complex. Now Alex Jones will say, "See? Big media doesn't want you to know the things I'm telling you." And he'll be right.
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dragontamer 2880 days ago
> The way to fight ignorance is with education.

And ignorance fights back with education. Removing Thomas Jefferson from textbooks for example. Or replacing evolution with creationism / intelligent design theory.

https://www.nytimes.com/2010/03/13/education/13texas.html

People rewrite education to suit their political slants. You ain't gonna win in education until you win at politics.

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dmix 2880 days ago
> You ain't gonna win in education until you win at politics.

Unless politics doesn't control education... which is a direction we're fortunately slowly moving towards.

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