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Is calling for violence really the only limitation you'd accept? What about calling for segregation? Or calling all Islamic people savages? Those are things

• srslack 9y ago
  That's entirely their right to police their own platform as they wish, even if they're not honest about it (which seems to be the case here.) The line for me, personally, is the line that the Supreme Court of the United States has held time and time again, which is realistic threats of violence, if I were to run a platform like Medium. That's her right to be a jackass. It's beautiful. You can point and laugh at her rambling if you wish, if the content were still available. Your opinions on mean words are just opinions. It's just virtue signalling to be offended for someone else and go so far as to give them the power and satisfaction of being a martyr. This has done nothing but give the "alt-right" ammo, in that context, it certainly has not stopped any violence. Not that there was any violence inspired by any of the prominent writings mentioned in the article, in the first place.
  • Consultant32452 9y ago
    Except in this case it requires the platform owner to spend real resources in order to make sure "mean words" are promoted. If it is causing you real, measurable harm in that it costs you money, it's not simply virtue signaling.
  • locopati 9y ago
    Maybe it's just virtue instead of virtue signaling.