Salt Jones
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how do you balance freedom of speech etc with not becoming a mini stormfront?
It annoys me when a forum reaches a point where a bunch of people are whining for the moderators to do something about a troll infestation because those same people don't have enough self-control. "Waaaaaah! I can't stop feeding the trolls..."
Racists, Nazis and other brands of bigots are the dullest knives in the drawer. After dealing with them for a while, they can be smelled from a mile away and seen where they are going before they even get there. They are extremely easy to trounce in a debate. We're talking about some of the stupidest, most backward, boneheads out there.
Critical thinking, requiring evidence for claims, and recognizing and identifying logical fallacies are all you need to bring attention to the ignorant nature of your basic dogmatist.
But if you aren't having any fun playing with the little animals, there is always the Ignore function.
Wow. How insightful.