Facebook to ban white nationalist content

Re:Facebook to ban white nationalist content by im3w1l on Wednesday March 27, 2019 @11:33PM (#19508984)

I think you have a misunderstanding of the word "white nationalism". I'd recommend looking it up to understand what is happening here. But in short it means the belief that there is a white race and that it has a right to preserve itself and it's culture.

Genocidal racism was never allowed on facebook. After this move they will censor a lot of legitimate things.

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Re:Facebook to ban white nationalist content by aabeshou on Thursday March 28, 2019 @12:56PM (#19514095)

I just don't believe that you neutrally believe "there's a white race" without also believing in its superiority over other races - whatever reasons you euphemize it in, like culture, or IQ, or something.

And this idea of "preserving itself"... what exactly does that mean? Does that mean getting to kick other people out of their homes? Threaten their livelihood? Threaten their social safety nets? What exactly happens in this supposedly benign process of "preserving culture"?

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Re:Facebook to ban white nationalist content by qualipetv on Thursday March 28, 2019 @03:55AM (#19510194)

White nationalism is not a legitimate thing and I implore you to get in contact with networks that help individuals get out of hate groups.

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Re:Facebook to ban white nationalist content by im3w1l on Thursday March 28, 2019 @10:25AM (#19512483)

Your jumping to conclusions exemplifies why this move by facebook is so incredibly dangerous.

You jump from "censoring white nationalism will censor legitimate opinions" (such as there "there is a white race" - a question on which there are good arguments for both sides, and which it's reasonable to debate), to I hold such opinions. Then you jump from a few of those opinions to hatred. And then you jump from there to being part of hate groups.

Calm down and think.

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