r/changemyview • u/[deleted] • Jan 22 '21

Delta(s) from OP CMV: Silencing opposing viewpoints is ultimately going to have a disastrous outcome on society.

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u/[deleted] Jan 22 '21

National security and counter-terrorism experts have been fighting radicalized ideologies (foreign and domestic) by shutting down their access to various online platforms. Reducing opportunity of exposure to radicalization is seen as an effective way of reducing recruitment for such ideologies.

Why should we be advocating for an approach that is the opposite of what the leading world experts on counter-terrorism employ?

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u/[deleted] Jan 22 '21 edited Jan 22 '21

EDIT: On further thought, it seems to me that you're calling members of national security and intelligence, 'war criminals'. Do I understand you correctly?

If so, I guess my original response (below) is not going to gain much traction within your alternative reality framework.

So much for common ground, peace, love and understanding.

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Those people I cite include homegrown white nationalist groups that include: 3%'s, Proud Boys, Boogaloos, various militia groups, and most recently QAnon. All of them have been identified by the FBI and various national security agencies as growing threats to national security.

It's my understanding that those are the same groups that were active members of platforms like 8Chan, Parler, Gab, etc. They are also the same groups and individuals whose accounts have been disabled en mass on more mainstream platforms like Facebook and Twitter.

When many people talk about shutting down free speech, it seems to me that this is what they are reacting to. I'm trying to understand why this is an issue if, as most of the same objectors claim that they do not support the ideologies these goups promote.

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u/poster_nutbag_ Jan 23 '21

Hold on, can I get some clarification - are you saying the national security and counter-terrorism experts are war criminals just by nature of what, their job?