Google deletes “communist bandits” from comments on Youtube

Re:Google deletes “communist bandits” from comments on Youtube by jshevek on Monday May 18, 2020 @02:49PM (#23226790)

I am opposed to censorship, and I disagree with your claim. This qualifies as "hate speech". It's derogatory, its directed at a specific group of people, and it can foster animosity. That the group is a political party is not material.

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Re:Google deletes “communist bandits” from comments on Youtube by yashap on Monday May 18, 2020 @03:20PM (#23227167)

Every hate speech law I’ve seen has a reasonably rigorous definition of what qualifies, including what kind of groups are protected. I’ve never seen a hate speech law that protects criticism of political parties, if you have please link to it.

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Re:Google deletes “communist bandits” from comments on Youtube by andromeduck on Monday May 18, 2020 @03:40PM (#23227398)

So is "Nazi scum", or "Braindead Republican", or "corporate sellout", or "slum lord" or, "liberal elite", or "wellfare queen", hell even "Boomer" or "hippie" or "neoliberal".

That's an extremely low bar, so low as to be utterly useless.

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Re:Google deletes “communist bandits” from comments on Youtube by arcturus17 on Monday May 18, 2020 @04:24PM (#23227909)

Dozens of millions of people have been murdered in the name of communism by communists, and I can’t call communists “bandits”?

Do you think you can be taken seriously when you say you oppose censorship?

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