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Lets say that in this case you are right. Who decides where to draw the line between talking about Google fiber and "crowing over the death of someone"? If we w
by mejin 9y ago
Lets say that in this case you are right. Who decides where to draw the line between talking about Google fiber and "crowing over the death of someone"? If we were in Italy in 1610 writing that the Sun was the center of the solar system would be hate speech. If we were in Germany in the 1930s the government would tell us that writing that Germans are not the master race is hate speech. If we were in the US in the 1950s saying that Communism is good would be hate speech. If we were in current China saying that the Tibet is not part of China could be considered hate speech. Maybe in a little while the current US administration will say that writing that climate change is caused by humans is hate speech.
But more importantly, Google made the decision not due to laws that were created by the elected officials but rather based on how they felt. Imagine if a Catholic hospital refused service to anyone who suggested that people should read books from the banned book list. After all, the reason that they are on the banned book list is because someone decided that those books were hateful.
I don't understand how this is whataboutism.