Google's Video Nasties

Re:Google's Video Nasties by randyrand on Tuesday March 21, 2017 @03:05PM (#13925184)

It's google's platform and they can do what they want, and I have little issue blocking actual racists. But, banning hate speech (correctly) stopped any ad revenue from going to Tommy Sotomayor, a black man who grew up in the poor south and who talks about black issues. The problem: He's very critical of black people/culture, issues he personally faced growing up.

The algorithm works in this instance. His speech is hate speech by most definitions of the word. But that's the main problem. Hate speech includes reasonable hate!

If I had it my way, reasonable discussion about a culture should never be blocked. Even if it's hateful. Hate should not be banned, otherwise people will vent their hate in worse ways.

Here's his channel if you're curious: https://www.youtube.com/user/sotomayortv2

Example video: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ycYDUCGi7no1

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Re:Google's Video Nasties by gpawl on Tuesday March 21, 2017 @03:31PM (#13925407)

How can you say "He's very critical of black people" in tht wording with a straight face, after acknowledging that he is black too? The point is that there's a difference between saying "I hate this person and the thousands like her who behaving this way" and "I hate black people because they behave this way".

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