There Is a Much Smarter Way to Deal with Controversial Speakers Than Deplatforming

Deplatforming doesn't work. Here's a much better idea for beating awful conservatives at their own game.by Katie HerzogConservatives have always been afraid of dissent. From the Red Scare to the Vietnam War to the first (and second) invasion of Iraq, it doesn't take much for conservatives to rally around a cause, no matter how immoral, and crank up the inquisition. In the immediate aftermath of 9/11—when you were in diapers and the rest of us were waiting for our internet to dial up—