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In reply to the discussion: Has the banning of dkf made you more reluctant to criticize certain things on DU? [View all]wickerwoman
(5,662 posts)There are at least 50 thousands sites online where you can freely debate right-wingers. This is explicitly not one of them.
I'm happy to look at both sides but at a certain point, you are just giving legitimacy to viewpoints that are not being offered with intellectual honesty. When 99.9% of scientists say climate change is a reality or that the earth is more than 6000 years old or that peak oil is eminent and will have radical consequences for our society, I frankly just don't think it's worth the time and effort to find "the grain of truth in the right-wing talking point" and then play devil's advocate wasting everyone's time and energy when they could be looking for solutions.
The right-wing literally has a multi-billion dollar propaganda industry pushing out anti-environmental, anti-union, anti-consumer, pro-war anti-social safety net bullshit 24/7/365. They don't need you to carry their water for them in the name of "fairness and balance".