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There is a difference between someone convincing people about killing ALL wives vs a particular one. The first one obviously needs medication, and will be igno

• Faark 8y ago
  You say it will be ignored, but here we are after the shooting. And gab was not willing to take it down. Nor did laws help. I love the idea of free speech to explore the space of possible ideas even against the current flow. But now we have easy filter bubbles and are missing effective mechanism pushing towards consensus. I have a hard seeing how it will not end with violence when hate speech and other surreal propaganda doesn't have consequences. But yes, we haven't found a good solution for that, yet. The situation here in germany is even more... "funny". Gov decided to ban hate-speech, but the decision per individual case isn't up to some judge, but has to be done by the platform or face fines. Yeah, so far I prefer the current US way of not doing business with assholes.
  • Amezarak 8y ago
    > You say it will be ignored, but here we are after the shooting. And gab was not willing to take it down. Nor did laws help. What was the direct/specific threat that Gab refused to take down?