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Re:Kiwi Farms is down across all domains as DDoS-Guard termi... by mynameishere on Monday September 05, 2022 @03:01PM (#32727938)
If you cannot define a term, you should not use it. I'm surprised that you're so honest about your irrationality, though. Normally, you would "define" hate speech as follows: "Weasel term, weasel term, weasel term" and that would be that.

I would define hate speech as speech that directs hatred at a particular group. For instance, Joe Biden recently gave a state speech (The "Gates of Hell" speech) that was completely choked with hatred for a group. Shrug. I have no interest in banning this, whether from the "president" or from anon. My understanding of Kiwifarms is that they basically just make fun of idiot liberals--a sport on endless grounds.

If you gave your honest definition of hate speech it would likely be "People who disagree with me and make me look bad showing how stupid or wrong I am."

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Re:Kiwi Farms is down across all domains as DDoS-Guard termi... by fullstop on Monday September 05, 2022 @03:22PM (#32728203)
Look, man, if you can't agree that people shouldn't target, harass and doxx people then we have no common ground to continue this conversation.
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Re:Kiwi Farms is down across all domains as DDoS-Guard termi... by worried4future on Monday September 05, 2022 @05:37PM (#32729799)
I don't think we should target, harass and doxx people, therefore I do not do those things. That doesn't mean that I think we should censor entire websites because they are sometimes used as platforms to do those kinds of things.
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Re:Kiwi Farms is down across all domains as DDoS-Guard termi... by Sohcahtoa82 on Tuesday September 06, 2022 @12:15PM (#32739211)
Kiwi Farms was not "sometimes" used to target, harass, and doxx.

It was the entire purpose of the site.

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Re:Kiwi Farms is down across all domains as DDoS-Guard termi... by worried4future on Tuesday September 06, 2022 @02:43PM (#32741347)
When I visited it, some time ago, it mostly seemed like a lot of angsty teens shitposting.

My thoroughly unscientific analysis of the situation seemed like it was about 98% bullshit posts and maybe 2% of the posts I found truly objectionable (mostly jew/black hate) but not illegal.

I'm not doubting that there is some illegal stuff there, nor that there is some truly vile content, but, I don't even think it's in the majority on a post-level basis.

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