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In which case, silencing them makes them martyrs and makes them feel important, which generally never works. People love being members of a secret "in-group" - just look at cults. Plus, it's not like it won't stop them - after all, the original Nazis did not need social media, or the internet, to obtain power.

I say bring it out in daylight, and let them loose every debate they have so they look like idiots instead of martyrs.

I've never heard about anyone banned from Twitter just for losing a debate.

> Neonazis on social media is an ACTUAL PROBLEM

No, it's just easy ratings when the media can find examples of Neo-Nazis.

> for example one of Putin's absurd false justifications for his invasion is to 'clean nazis out'.

False accusations of Nazism are indeed really common and a big problem today. Actual Nazism is next to nonexistent.