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A comment on Facebook to ban white nationalist content. Parent comment

Re:Facebook to ban white nationalist content by samatman on Thursday March 28, 2019 @08:07AM (#19511339)
Describing groups of humans as a cancer is stage 4 of the ten stages of genocide:

http://genocidewatch.net/genocide-2/8-stages-of-genocide/

You’re engaging in behavior with truly horrifying antecedents.

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Re:Facebook to ban white nationalist content by seventytwo on Thursday March 28, 2019 @08:18AM (#19511421)
I’m describing the spread of hateful ideas as a cancer, not the people themselves. We use the description of “virality” to describe the meme or idea, not that the people sharing are viruses. Same thing here.
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