Simply denouncing hate material does not neutralize its persuasive effect on uncritical readers

Evidence

We cannot be proud of these effects as educators. Our students do not appear to examine critically what they read; they just chugalug it down. Furthermore, the fact that Pastor Peters moved them even when his arguments were denounced by the Experimenter suggests one cannot present such material to uncritical thinkers, simply denounce it, and think it will do no harm. — Bob Altemeyer, The Authoritarian Specter, 3259

Categorization

Category: Causal Relationships

• SEED: Article angle: the failure of debunking as an inoculation strategy — why attaching a warning label to propaganda may not blunt it.

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