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[–]lazy-summer-godSuper Gay 1 insightful - 1 fun1 insightful - 0 fun2 insightful - 1 fun -  (4 children)

Well, like I said, no one wants to be a platform for "hate speech". It's bad press.

[–]ukrdude10[S] 1 insightful - 1 fun1 insightful - 0 fun2 insightful - 1 fun -  (3 children)

What the fuck is the definition of "hate speech", I haven't seen a coherent one yet. They are allowing hatred against white people, threatening women with rape and death, vandalizing shelters, yeah that's totally not hateful

[–]lazy-summer-godSuper Gay 2 insightful - 1 fun2 insightful - 0 fun3 insightful - 1 fun -  (2 children)

That's the magic of "hate speech". You can call all sorts of things with that label if you try hard enough.

[–]ukrdude10[S] 1 insightful - 1 fun1 insightful - 0 fun2 insightful - 1 fun -  (1 child)

I saw an actual poster in my city saying "racism is not an opinion", which is absolutely ridiculous. "hate speech is not free speech" also doesn't make sense, but these idiotic phrases get shared everywhere.

[–]lazy-summer-godSuper Gay 1 insightful - 1 fun1 insightful - 0 fun2 insightful - 1 fun -  (0 children)

You're right, this is an incredibly dangerous concept in general. "Hate speech" is the only known mechanism that has enough of social support to successfully limit freedom of speech.