Yes. You’re not leaving their bullshit standing out in the wild for itself and offer other readers who are not yet drifted into total madness a counterpoint.
It’s never about the person you argue with, it’s about the audience.
Yes. However, please remember that “wherever we can” does not mean “wherever someone publicly makes a statement that necessitates a rebuttal” but rather “wherever someone publicly makes a statement that necessitates a rebuttal and one has the time and energy to spare for an appropriate dispute”
This. Especially important these days, where people can literally throw money at even this social problem to buy an armada of LLMs to manipulate public opinion. Facebook, Twitter, Instagram etc. are dead platforms for that reason, there’s no reason to engage in any debate or really anything anymore. Best to just state the facts when public people say bullshit again and then go on, muting any reply.
Yes. You’re not leaving their bullshit standing out in the wild for itself and offer other readers who are not yet drifted into total madness a counterpoint.
It’s never about the person you argue with, it’s about the audience.
So we have to
combatconfront them wherever we can?Yes. However, please remember that “wherever we can” does not mean “wherever someone publicly makes a statement that necessitates a rebuttal” but rather “wherever someone publicly makes a statement that necessitates a rebuttal and one has the time and energy to spare for an appropriate dispute”
This. Especially important these days, where people can literally throw money at even this social problem to buy an armada of LLMs to manipulate public opinion. Facebook, Twitter, Instagram etc. are dead platforms for that reason, there’s no reason to engage in any debate or really anything anymore. Best to just state the facts when public people say bullshit again and then go on, muting any reply.