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So if the whole argument is that being able to see radicalized propaganda will make people radicalized, and thus is wrong to allow people to see it... does that work both ways.. If you are "radicalized" towards good and taking doing and treating people good to an extreme, then shouldnt the bad radicalized people turn into good radicalized people by that same exposure to good?
The logic doesnt really add up for me, but regardless this is not the reason why we have open federation as many of you know, but it does show a flaw in their logic.
@freemo It's an interesting topic for discussion. @godlessmon@mas.to may be a good one to make the case that online radicalization is a very real (and very dangerous) thing.
Empirically, is it true that it tends to only work in one direction? If so, why? Is it the nature of the Twitter / Facebook / YouTube outrage machine serving ever-more-extreme content in the name of "engagement"? Does it have to do with funding from extremist groups or, say, foreign actors trying to encourage polarization? What can we do to "counter-radicalize" people toward kindness and compassion?
I don't think propaganda instantly changes minds, but I also don't think it has no effect. Prolonged exposure shifts the Overton window.
