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Alternatively by not amplifying their voices Twitter is not morally culpable in supporting them. That is a fair position to take. Additionally, it is a clear si
by alexc05 10y ago
Alternatively by not amplifying their voices Twitter is not morally culpable in supporting them. That is a fair position to take. Additionally, it is a clear signal that the speech "type" has social repercussions in terms of loss of privilege.
Some countries do have laws against hate speech
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Volksverhetzung https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Volksverhetzung
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hate_speech_laws_in_Canada https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hate_speech_laws_in_Canada
I generally agree that by driving them underground, you lose the ability to challenge them, but that has to be weighed against the degree to which they are permitted to spread their ideas by being allowed to spew their rhetoric with impunity.
I don't know that being kicked off twitter will necessarily mean that they grow - but - it will mean that twitter no longer holds a moral responsibility for enabling them.
I think that's a fair choice to make.
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- subway 10y agoUnderground? We've driven them straight into the Whitehouse.
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