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I'm interested in this section: https://www.facebook.com/communitystandards/objectionable_content/hate_speech https://www.facebook.com/communitystandards/objec
by jawns 9y ago
I'm interested in this section:
https://www.facebook.com/communitystandards/objectionable_content/hate_speech https://www.facebook.com/communitystandards/objectionable_co...
The guidelines refer to "protected characteristics — race, ethnicity, national origin, religious affiliation, sexual orientation, sex, gender, gender identity, and serious disability or disease."
Under Tier 2 attacks, it bans "Statements of inferiority implying a person's or a group's physical, mental, or moral deficiency."
Several of those protected characteristics -- I'm thinking specifically about religion and sexual orientation -- absolutely have a moral dimension. Religion explicitly deals with morality, and the reason attitudes about sexual orientation have shifted over the last few decades is because views about the morality of gay relationships have shifted.
What I'm wondering is: Would a post criticizing the morality of certain religious adherents violate these standards? Would a post in which someone argues that Obergefell was decided wrongly, and that marriage should be between a man and a woman violate these standards? Would a post in which a person says they believe homosexual acts to be morally wrong violate these standards?
- pfortuny 9y agoThank you for raising these questions: I am concerned myself, as you seem to be. Not intending to argue but this is analogous to defending private property (which for some religions is a moral right) in a communist country, for example.
- fortythirteen 9y agoWould a post stating the inferiority of people at the middle of the bell curve in these categories be considered a "Tier 2 attack"? Traditionally they have not on Facebook.