The whole reason Facebook is a useful tool for hate groups is because it allows them to cultivate a fake justification for hate that goes beyond "mindless". Inventing crimes, doctoring photos, promoting false narratives and conspiracy theories, etc. It radicalizes moderate people by making it seem like the out group is an existential threat to the in group. We don't hate them because of their skin color or religion, we hate them because they're trying to kill us first.
Open dialogue can't fix this because it's much harder to disprove bullshit than to generate it.
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The whole reason Facebook is a useful tool for hate groups is because it allows them to cultivate a fake justification for hate that goes beyond "mindless". Inventing crimes, doctoring photos, promoting false narratives and conspiracy theories, etc. It radicalizes moderate people by making it seem like the out group is an existential threat to the in group. We don't hate them because of their skin color or religion, we hate them because they're trying to kill us first.
Open dialogue can't fix this because it's much harder to disprove bullshit than to generate it.