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trevor-e on Dec 9, 2020 | parent | context | favorite | on: YouTube to remove content that alleges widespread ...

Yes, in a perfect world where all of his followers fact-check everything he says, that would be enough to discredit him. Sadly this is not the case.

Darmody on Dec 9, 2020 [–]

Do you think they'll change their minds if Google censors it? It'll make the opposite effect.

Cognitive dissonance is a thing, it happens to everybody to some degree but you don't fight it with censorship.

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