- as @beyerstein.bsky.social’s quote here notes, “be nice to antivaxxers” has not worked.
- The narrative that anti-vaxxers or QAnon weirdos will come back from the brink if we're nice enough to them isn't tenable morally and doesn't hold up empirically. Ostracizing people whose beliefs harm others is a critical aspect of a functioning marketplace of ideas.
- It remains to be seen how long a political party predicated on doing mortal and material harm to their constituents can remain viable.
