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laffingriver t1_j3plgt8 wrote

blasting this online gives more exposure than the stickers.

im glad you arent a nazi. thanks for cleaning up.

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the_honeyman OP t1_j3pltxi wrote

Eh, I thought about that. Last time I posted as well. But I removed their website, and I think it's important they know there are people who will resist them, even if this time it was just removing some stickers.

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Shadow11Wolf50 t1_j3rdt1e wrote

Silence is worse than calling them out. Its assumed silent support and they'll continue to operate with less scrutiny Vs the more public backlash and callouts tend to make sure more people view them unfavorably plus shines a spotlight on their actions. Dont discount public shaming.

The more we call them out and make it clear their actions aren't ok the more quiet and hesitant they become spewing their bs.

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Jimithyashford t1_j3sv51c wrote

It's the classic conundrum. Decrying something obviously by it's very nature brings more attention to it than not decrying it. Will that extra attention in a critical form hurt and diminish the influence of the thing, or increase it?

It can easily go either way. For example, let's take some cults, like Nexium or Scientology. They would have been much better off if left allow and allowed to recruit in their own ways among circles that were safe for them to do so. Exposure and large amounts of public attention and criticism didn't empower them, it collapsed them in the case of Nexium and has seriously hurt their recruitment in the case of scientology. There are lots of cases like this.

But some times, something like Trump for examples, thrives off the free media of even negative or critical coverage and is aided by it.

It's hard to tell which it's gonna be, but I can say that I think it's better for humanity, for people and their souls, to unabashedly decry and publicly renounce evil, instead of ignoring it and hoping it shrinks and goes away.

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