The mention of ISIS is a smokescreen. Even though terrorism was used as an early justification of it, in practice the "hate speech" label is almost always used

The mention of ISIS is a smokescreen. Even though terrorism was used as an early justification of it, in practice the "hate speech" label is almost always used for far less violent ideas and people. In fact, it is more likely to be used against liberal Muslims than against Islamic terrorists! (See [0]) In fact, from an anti-terrorism perspective, it may be more effective to leave ISIS's videos up (and keep tabs on their most frequent watchers, if anything). It can even have direct benefits in terms of intelligence gathering (e.g. the locations shown can be identified). [0]: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=14903754 https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=14903754