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Re:Google deletes “communist bandits” from comments on Youtube by PeterCorless on Monday May 18, 2020 @01:34PM (#23225573)
Minorities are most often the targets of hate speech. Which is why LGTBQ youth are often bullied both IRL and online and they commit suicide. And yes, it is a crime. But this thread is talking about deleting comments; not about law enforcement.
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Re:Google deletes “communist bandits” from comments on Youtube by manigandham on Monday May 18, 2020 @01:47PM (#23225785)
This thread is about hate speech and the ambiguous subjective definitions that have lead to this unending censorship problem.

If the core agreement is that it's about hate against a group, then saying "minority" is nothing more than just a shortcut for a certain group and doesn't really add anything to the discussion of what is hate speech.

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