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Post "XYZ is a nigger" or "I hate gays" on your Twitter and I will concede. Edit: Seems like I have crossed the line on HN. Moderators, feel free to moderate t

Post "XYZ is a nigger" or "I hate gays" on your Twitter and I will concede. Edit: Seems like I have crossed the line on HN. Moderators, feel free to moderate this comment. And apologies for unintentionally starting this long and boring thread.

wybiral 8y ago
It's not illegal just because Twitter doesn't allow it on their platform. You can run your own site, tattoo is on your face, say it to your friends... As long as you aren't directly inciting violence against others. That's really the only thing that's outright censored (genuine hate speech). But criticizing the government, laws, society, anything really, is totally legal and in fact constitutionally protected. Just don't hurt or threaten other people. > Edit: Seems like I have crossed the line on HN. Moderators, feel free to moderate this comment. Did you get an actual warning or are you trying to make a point about censorship?
benrbray 8y ago
You're right that the words we say can determine what other people think of us. But that's how language works. Most people, rightfully, don't want to associate with someone who invokes racial slurs. The point is that we are free to do so without fear of retaliation from the government. People are free to argue with each other and determine for themselves where to draw the lines.
withhighprod 8y ago
Wow so immediately downvoted, proof of your point Edit: just imagine how much trouble he’ll get if his true identity is ever revealed EDIT: no offense, he/she/it/the poster/BT
JPKab 8y ago
Nobody gets arrested or imprisoned for these statements. Can you say the same? Of course not. You are a victim of a government that fears it's own people. The fact that you accept this as normal and ok is a consequence of Maoist brainwashing. If a government can control what you say, they by extension control what you think. You're a slave. And you're descendingt your master.

wybiral 8y ago

It's not illegal just because Twitter doesn't allow it on their platform. You can run your own site, tattoo is on your face, say it to your friends... As long as you aren't directly inciting violence against others. That's really the only thing that's outright censored (genuine hate speech). But criticizing the government, laws, society, anything really, is totally legal and in fact constitutionally protected. Just don't hurt or threaten other people. > Edit: Seems like I have crossed the line on HN. Moderators, feel free to moderate this comment. Did you get an actual warning or are you trying to make a point about censorship?

benrbray 8y ago

You're right that the words we say can determine what other people think of us. But that's how language works. Most people, rightfully, don't want to associate with someone who invokes racial slurs. The point is that we are free to do so without fear of retaliation from the government. People are free to argue with each other and determine for themselves where to draw the lines.

withhighprod 8y ago

Wow so immediately downvoted, proof of your point Edit: just imagine how much trouble he’ll get if his true identity is ever revealed EDIT: no offense, he/she/it/the poster/BT

JPKab 8y ago

Nobody gets arrested or imprisoned for these statements. Can you say the same? Of course not. You are a victim of a government that fears it's own people. The fact that you accept this as normal and ok is a consequence of Maoist brainwashing. If a government can control what you say, they by extension control what you think. You're a slave. And you're descendingt your master.