Black Aziz Anansi :vm:

@BlackAzizAnansi@mas.to

One of the worst things that we've done as a society is push the idea that all viewpoints are valid and up for debate. This is legit why so many people think those bullshit jubilee debates are a form of education and not just a way to socially manipulate people into being open to fascism.

December 26, 2025 at 7:45:22 PM

You cannot preach free speech and tolerance without also raising awareness of Popper's paradox of tolerance. en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Paradox_

en.wikipedia.org

Paradox of tolerance - Wikipedia

“we” haven’t done that. It’s a certain type of “we” that’s been pushing that narrative.

Fcking HELL YEAH 🙌 No Chad, your opinion on how to fly the plane is not as valid as the pilot's.

But yeah, what you really meant, the worse thing - making another person's life, characteristics, nature, way, choices a "debate."

And that "winning" a debate-as-theater is a reasonable way to establish truth.

90% of what the "debate me" crowd thinks of as a debate just isn't anything that qualifies as logic or rhetoric. It's just dudes having loud opinions and looking for "evidence" to shore them up.

Question: if people can be manipulated to being open to fascism, can they be influenced to being AGAINST fascism?

As a society we've somehow forgotten that rhetorical debate is a thing, and are under the delusion that debates only serve towards getting to the truth.

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