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Re:Anti-Semitic social posts 'not taken down' in 80% of cases by hirundo on Monday August 02, 2021 @11:07AM (#28037491)
I'm a Jew, a Zionist, and a knee-jerk supporter of Israel. That makes me the type of person many of these posts are hating on. But I don't think that they should be taken down. I would rather that the hatred of me and my tribe remain public and visible, so that we can see it and respond appropriately. Hiding it does not remove the sentiment or the danger. Words spoken against such hate, convincing people that it is not justified, are triggered by such posts too, yet those are also suppressed when the hate message is suppressed.

I want to know who hates me and why. Protecting me from that endangers me more.

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Re:Anti-Semitic social posts 'not taken down' in 80% of cases by raxxorrax on Monday August 02, 2021 @11:25AM (#28037838)
Completely agree with that. Sounds cynical, but if people didn't have some unsoclicited opinions on Jews, something would be wrong and it would be time to keep an eye out for real danger.

It also is the safer bet against censorship.

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Re:Anti-Semitic social posts 'not taken down' in 80% of cases by Dobbs on Monday August 02, 2021 @11:08AM (#28037511)
The problem is that this type of content spreads like a virus faster than it can be combated with sanity and reason.
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Re:Anti-Semitic social posts 'not taken down' in 80% of cases by slibhb on Monday August 02, 2021 @11:27AM (#28037882)
I think supressing it makes it spread. Nothing confirms the beliefs of people who see a Global Jewsh Conspiracy like having their posts deleted.
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Re:Anti-Semitic social posts 'not taken down' in 80% of cases by liorben-david on Monday August 02, 2021 @11:10AM (#28037542)
I'm with you, it's more just telling that these companies say they want to take down hateful speech, but anti-semetism always seems to be the exception. If I was setting their content policy I would allow it to, but something is off about claiming to be stop hatred but turning a blind eye to jews.
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Re:Anti-Semitic social posts 'not taken down' in 80% of cases by rvz on Monday August 02, 2021 @11:25AM (#28037819)
> I would allow it to, but something is off about claiming to be stop hatred but turning a blind eye to jews.

If they are true to enforcing their guidelines equally, then I should not be seeing 84% of anti-semitic posts still spreading around on these social media websites.

Either it is open season on 'hateful content' so that we can see who posted what and why, or everything gets banned entirely and every post is policed with 'guideline checks' everywhere.

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