Re:Twitter Suspends Prominent Alt-Right Accounts
by tootie on Thursday November 17, 2016 @10:52AM
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I'm giving it as an example of something unequivocal. There is a ton of equivocal hate speech and Trump and his supporters were a boundless font of subtle, implied hate speech that never quite said what everyone heard. What about statements like when Trump said "2nd amendment people" could stop Hillary? Or simply spreading disinformation to demonize minorities by saying he saw Muslims celebrating in NJ? Or the classic line of being pro-white instead of anti-minority ? None of that is illegal but it doesn't mean it deserves a free open forum.
Re:Twitter Suspends Prominent Alt-Right Accounts
by kbart on Friday November 18, 2016 @01:44AM
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"None of that is illegal but it doesn't mean it deserves a free open forum."
Why not? If we silence them on few webpages, you think they simply will disappear? Trump as a president should be the wakeup call for everyone that forced, artificial politeness and political correctness won't make problems disappear.
Re:Twitter Suspends Prominent Alt-Right Accounts
by exclusiv on Thursday November 17, 2016 @03:52AM
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So true. Strategically most people should want people with those beliefs saying stuff like that publicly!
Does it make any sense to push the fringe away and offline when we can let them expose themselves and then monitor them?
I don't agree. "Kill all the X" is a hate speech and, depending on context, a threat of violence -- we already have tools/laws to act against such, so there's no need for more censorship.