Re:Facebook to ban white nationalist content
by seventytwo on Thursday March 28, 2019 @08:20AM
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Not if your speech is advocating for the erosion of the rights of others’ speech. Just as there is a paradox of tolerance, there is a paradox of free speech, and the hate groups use it to great effect in this country.
Re:Facebook to ban white nationalist content
by RobotsDownUnder on Thursday March 28, 2019 @09:50PM
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>You are not forced to look at subreddits that offend you.
I think this is the greatest misconception about the push for de-platforming. The goal is to remove the platform from becoming an echo chamber for racism/hate/violence not to stop people from being offended by content they dislike. By removing mainstream sites as options to promote hatered/racism/violence it's likely that it will make a measurable reduction in people joining these groups as there will be less traffic.
> hide behind the first amendment
I think people need to hide behind first amendment, you misunderstand what it is.