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This is a shame. The author offers reasons why they will not debate white supremacists, as it would "dignify them".

It is incredibly easy to defeat white supremacy in a debate. Just point out the arbitrary deficiencies of certain members who are generally agreed to be white.

Done.




Weak argument, but I don't want to dignify your anon-cowardice with a response.


You just did, also IMO its a a really fuckin strong argument, ad hominems win debates. What’s your criticism?


> It is incredibly easy to defeat white supremacy in a debate.

If that were the case there wouldn't be that many white supremacist to be a problem.

It's easy to "defeat" them in the sense "Expose their logical fallacy so that most reasonable people can see it". Unfortunately, it doesn't do shit. So, in a sense, debating a white supremacist (and winning logically) is a pyrrhic victory, something that gives satisfaction to the practitioners but unlikely to make any difference in the society, at least not the kind you'd usually expect from "winning a debate".




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