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Counterpoint -- Yes he's wrong and obviously so. But is some rich dude saying something stupid worthy of platforming?

It almost feels to me like acting as though a famous person being gasp wrong about something is implicitly suggesting that this is somehow surprising?

We should be surprised and write essays when the smartest people we know say something silly. Just because somebody's bank account has some zeroes in it doesn't mean it should be worthy of our focus.

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> But is some rich dude saying something stupid worthy of platforming?

The rich dude saying the stupid thing was platformed. This is defense.

These people have profoundly inflated egos, platforming them if only for the express purpose of mocking them mercilessly in front of the entire world is absolutely worth it.

These people are insanely powerful forces in the modern world. Of course we should talk about them (and usually how Wrong, shortsighted, and self-serving they are).

Yes. They need to be platforms and shamed to hell. Otherwise they thrive in shadows like the ghouls they are.