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		alwayslikethis on April 13, 2023 \| parent \| context \| favorite \| on: Meme group on Discord is focus of uproar over leak... I don't agree with white nationalism but I don't believe it is a choice someone makes. For the most part, you can't choose to believe something or not. Sure, you can choose to not engage in the actions and speech characteristic of white nationalists, but so can trans people stay closeted.

skissane on April 13, 2023 [–]

> For the most part, you can't choose to believe something or not.

To what extent beliefs are voluntary or involuntary is a major topic of philosophical dispute: https://iep.utm.edu/doxastic-voluntarism/

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