It is incredible, because a lot of people dismiss it so eagerly.

Let me try to phrase it differently: ostracization rarely yields positive results, and is more likely to lead to opposite of desired course of action through future radicalization.

In other words, saying that bad people are bad is - as paradoxical as it might be - less likely to making anyone better than make bad people even worse.

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whoknowsidont 21 hours ago | parent [-]

>It is incredible, because a lot of people dismiss it so eagerly.

Because it's wishful thinking, and it only serves one purpose and only benefits one group.

You can't say it wasn't tried. Far from it.

It didn't work out. Plain and simple.

	▲	drdaeman 18 hours ago \| parent [-]
		Sorry, I absolutely appreciate the explanation instead of a snark remark, but I don’t understand. What was tired or supposed to work out? Not ostracizing is not exactly a solution (grandparent comment haven’t made suggestions as to what to do instead), and alternatives aren’t one possible approach but a giant spectrum of possible reactions. Instead of saying “you’re a bad person” a lot of different things can be done, right? Or do you possibly mean that we collectively tried everything and nothing ever worked out, so we’re fairly positive this is wishful thinking? Or am I misunderstanding something, or falling to some fallacy here?