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> The social media bigs aren't attacking political opponents, they're attacking hate groups. Who defines what is a hate group? So if saudi arabia labels atheis
by zombieprocesses 9y ago
> The social media bigs aren't attacking political opponents, they're attacking hate groups.
Who defines what is a hate group? So if saudi arabia labels atheist groups as hate groups, should social media ban atheists? If china labels democracy groups as hate groups, should social media ban democracy groups?
https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=16506887 https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=16506887
What about political groups who hate trump? Should they be banned from social media? What about socialists who hate capitalism? When russia labeled lgbt groups as hate groups, you agree with them banning lgbt groups from social media?
> If your political ideology is hate, then you should expect to be increasingly ostracized and driven away into the shadows.
Wouldn't you want to shine the light on hate groups? Isn't that the last thing you want to do? To push hate groups into the shadows where they can fester?
What happened to liberalism? It's something every college student learned about when I went to school. Free speech and why it is fundamental to defend "hate speech" or ideology/speech you find offensive or disgusting in order to protect free speech. It's philosophy 101. Is logic and philosophy no longer taught in schools anymore? This is basic stuff.
- tensor_rank_0 9y ago> Wouldn't you want to shine the light on hate groups? Isn't that the last thing you want to do? To push hate groups into the shadows where they can fester? thank you for saying this, as it seems to be often forgotten these days. you want "bad" sites to be out in the open like trash collectors so law enforcement can use them as honeypots.
- taneq 9y ago> What happened to liberalism? There's a reason the far left identifies as "progressive" now rather than "liberal". It's no longer about increasing freedom, it's about furthering an agenda.