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Literally the first sentence on this page describe the censored content as "sensational, vulgar or politically harmful content." Your argument that this is the

Literally the first sentence on this page describe the censored content as "sensational, vulgar or politically harmful content." Your argument that this is the same as the desire for blocking legitimate hate speech in the US is simply political inflammation. It's not at all the same. Please stop.

merpnderp 8y ago
I'm sure the people who think they can determine for the rest of us what is "legitimate" hate speech, find it "sensational, vulgar or politically harmful content."
qubax 8y ago
> Literally the first sentence on this page describe the censored content as "sensational, vulgar or politically harmful content." I know. Hate speech. Also, isn't that the same list that social media like facebook, reddit, etc use to censor now because leftists demanded it? > Your argument that this is the same as the desire for blocking legitimate hate speech in the US is simply political inflammation Wait. So who determines what is hate speech? You? > It's not at all the same. Please stop. It is the same. So please stop. Free speech doesn't exist to protect speech you agree with. It exists to protect speech you disagree with. It exists to protect hate speech. Everything is hate speech if you actually bother to think about it. Is LGBT speech hate speech to muslims? What about speech against flat earthers? If I say that the earth is round, is that hate speech? "Hate speech" is just an excuse used by tyrannical puritans to justify censorship speech they don't like.
- claydavisss 8y ago
  Its even worse than that, it is used to justify censorship of speech that interferes with profits
- dang 8y ago
  We've banned this account for continuing to do ideological flamewar on HN and ignoring repeated requests to stop. Please don't create accounts to break the site guidelines with. https://news.ycombinator.com/newsguidelines.html https://news.ycombinator.com/newsguidelines.html
cheeseomlit 8y ago
I find your assertion that hate speech be suppressed to be politically harmful.
lic-defender 8y ago
There is no such thing as "legitimate hate speech" in the US, only speech which is likely to incite imminent lawless action (Brandenburg v Ohio). I'm sorry you either live in a country which will throw you in jail for words, or have been mis-educated about US law and the freedom of speech.

merpnderp 8y ago

I'm sure the people who think they can determine for the rest of us what is "legitimate" hate speech, find it "sensational, vulgar or politically harmful content."

qubax 8y ago

> Literally the first sentence on this page describe the censored content as "sensational, vulgar or politically harmful content." I know. Hate speech. Also, isn't that the same list that social media like facebook, reddit, etc use to censor now because leftists demanded it? > Your argument that this is the same as the desire for blocking legitimate hate speech in the US is simply political inflammation Wait. So who determines what is hate speech? You? > It's not at all the same. Please stop. It is the same. So please stop. Free speech doesn't exist to protect speech you agree with. It exists to protect speech you disagree with. It exists to protect hate speech. Everything is hate speech if you actually bother to think about it. Is LGBT speech hate speech to muslims? What about speech against flat earthers? If I say that the earth is round, is that hate speech? "Hate speech" is just an excuse used by tyrannical puritans to justify censorship speech they don't like.

claydavisss 8y ago
Its even worse than that, it is used to justify censorship of speech that interferes with profits
dang 8y ago
We've banned this account for continuing to do ideological flamewar on HN and ignoring repeated requests to stop. Please don't create accounts to break the site guidelines with. https://news.ycombinator.com/newsguidelines.html https://news.ycombinator.com/newsguidelines.html

cheeseomlit 8y ago

I find your assertion that hate speech be suppressed to be politically harmful.

lic-defender 8y ago

There is no such thing as "legitimate hate speech" in the US, only speech which is likely to incite imminent lawless action (Brandenburg v Ohio). I'm sorry you either live in a country which will throw you in jail for words, or have been mis-educated about US law and the freedom of speech.