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>> According to FB: We remove language that incites or facilitates serious violence Backstory to that Trump comment: In 1967, Miami police Chief Walter Headl

>> According to FB: We remove language that incites or facilitates serious violence Backstory to that Trump comment: In 1967, Miami police Chief Walter Headley used the phrase "when the looting starts, the shooting starts" during hearings about crime in the Florida city, invoking angry reactions from civil rights leaders, according to a news report at the time. "He had a long history of bigotry against the black community," said professor Clarence Lusane of Howard University. ------------- I think suggesting shooting people sounds like "serious violence". It doesn't seem FB is following their own guidelines. Also, you don't suggest shooting someone for a crime instead of having a trial, that's not how justice should work. I agree with Twitter's stance on this. Put a flag next to the comment and let the public decide. I find it hypocritical that Facebook makes their logo black and then leaves a racist comment like that up.

tomp 6y ago
Maybe he wasn't threatening ("I'll shoot you" or "I'll order the police/army to shoot you") but instead warning ("violence might result in someone starting shooting").
- davidajackson 6y ago
  >> The police, Chief Walter Headley warned, would use shotguns and dogs at his command. The undertones of the original comment Trump is echoing imply differently.
  - Hitton 6y ago
    >The undertones of the original comment Trump is echoing imply differently. That wouldn't be removing just "language that incites or facilitates serious violence" but also "language that has undertones that echo inciting or facilitating serious violence".
    - davidajackson 6y ago
      Trump is a powerful enough person that his undertones have the ability to incite people. I know I'm getting downvoted into oblivion and I understand the importance of free speech. I just like Twitter's approach better.
  - tomp 6y ago
    No, you choose to interpret it that way. Personally I prefer to give people the benefit of the doubt, but I guess that's harder to do for the media that have decided a priori to hate someone (as evidenced already by the misinterpretation of his comments during the presidential race).

tomp 6y ago

Maybe he wasn't threatening ("I'll shoot you" or "I'll order the police/army to shoot you") but instead warning ("violence might result in someone starting shooting").

davidajackson 6y ago
>> The police, Chief Walter Headley warned, would use shotguns and dogs at his command. The undertones of the original comment Trump is echoing imply differently.
- Hitton 6y ago
  >The undertones of the original comment Trump is echoing imply differently. That wouldn't be removing just "language that incites or facilitates serious violence" but also "language that has undertones that echo inciting or facilitating serious violence".
  - davidajackson 6y ago
    Trump is a powerful enough person that his undertones have the ability to incite people. I know I'm getting downvoted into oblivion and I understand the importance of free speech. I just like Twitter's approach better.
- tomp 6y ago
  No, you choose to interpret it that way. Personally I prefer to give people the benefit of the doubt, but I guess that's harder to do for the media that have decided a priori to hate someone (as evidenced already by the misinterpretation of his comments during the presidential race).