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[–] [email protected] 4 points 1 year ago

publicly engage with them to challenge their ideas so that others can see the faults in their logic

Yes, but you want to be careful you're not lending legitimacy to their movement, either. If it's a fringe, wacko idea, it shouldn't be on NBC.

But yeah, inoculating people against the kinds of arguments they make is good work.