How much practical difference is there between "jokingly" spreading views and earnestly doing so, when nobody can tell if you're joking or not?
If someone shows you who they are, believe them the first time. When you cultivate a culture--or in this case, subculture--where these views are odious, then they'll end up realizing the only people their "humor" is popular with is the people who truly and earnestly believe it, and they'll abandon ship. If they don't: well, they probably weren't really joking.
I can agree with the reservations about giving a platform, but knowledge is also necessary to effectively oppose it; it's a balancing act for sure.
How much practical difference is there between "jokingly" spreading views and earnestly doing so, when nobody can tell if you're joking or not?
If someone shows you who they are, believe them the first time. When you cultivate a culture--or in this case, subculture--where these views are odious, then they'll end up realizing the only people their "humor" is popular with is the people who truly and earnestly believe it, and they'll abandon ship. If they don't: well, they probably weren't really joking.
I can agree with the reservations about giving a platform, but knowledge is also necessary to effectively oppose it; it's a balancing act for sure.