How much experience do you actually have with them? Have you read their playbooks? I doubt it, or you'd know that you're talking about giving them exactly what they want. To be let in. To be debated. To have new recruitment opportunities. For every one you 'save' from their movement, they'll recruit ten more in the process.

None of this is new. Can we please not make the same mistakes over and over?

Holy shiiiiit this came out today and is quite relevant:

Why Don't We Just Be Nice to the Nazis? https://youtu.be/K7iMAtWNAfI

See what I mean when I say "We've been through this before"? Henry flippin' Cadbury, man!

https://www.jta.org/2018/07/02/opinion/in-1934-an-american-professor-urged-that-jews-be-civil-to-the-nazis

https://threadreaderapp.com/thread/1007301941540655106.html

@mkb so basically we should not federate with instances that allow Republicans? while this position has its appeal I feel that it may have some practical disadvantages

@kragen

For sure it all gets dicey in a lot of cases.

I have’t cut off my trumpist relatives but I sure don’t get into politics with them.

@mkb This is understandable.

@emacsen
What kind of information about your public could reasonably be acquired? If there is not an immediate danger, waiting is a good strategy.

@Lexi

@offication @Lexi Knowing listeners of the show.

Guests and other info can be gathered by the website.

@emacsen

@Lexi
Can that information be used to damage someone? I can see how listening to some podcasts might reveal political preferences, do you think this is your case? If it is, is blocking even enough?
On the other hand, I strongly support blocking spammer instances.

@emacsen At first I was going to say, "I'm not sure; I've never been in that position and frankly I'm not very bright and you'd be better off asking someone else."

But uhh...I guess if it were me I'd take the stand against hate. We have to tell them at every opportunity that the hate that they spread, or passively allow to spread, is not okay, on principle. Every little helps; that's what being anti-fascist is all about.

@Lexi 11/10 guys who do the “we should befriend and convert Nazis” thing have no interest in *anyone* doing what they suggest.

There’s a reason they only do their act in spaces where people don’t want Nazis around

@SelfsameSynonym @Lexi

Yeah, the people who are sincere about changing their opponents are... off doing it. Not berating your or me because we'd rather *not* do it.

@KitsuneAlicia You already know this, but just for anyone else: I also had to leave Twitter due to extreme depression. I knew it was affecting my mental health, but I left it far too long before doing something about it. I didn't realize just how deeply it had impacted me until I was out of there for about a week--and it took me _months_ to get over the resulting mental health issues.