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> They constantly, if unevenly, exercise their right to ban hate speech and what causes it. And what causes it?? What if censorship itself causes hate speech?
by unishark 6y ago
> They constantly, if unevenly, exercise their right to ban hate speech and what causes it.
And what causes it??
What if censorship itself causes hate speech?
- rbanffy 6y ago> What if censorship itself causes hate speech? Hate speech existed before Twitter and will likely persist after it. Other social networks that allegedly do not practice content moderation also have identifiable hate speech content in them.
- unishark 6y agoIf you're going to reduce the argument solely to twitter, then can't you say the same for any other alleged "cause" on twitter being censored? And therefore take your argument up with the parent poster instead of me?
- rbanffy 6y agoWe are not discussing the right of a private company to refuse service. We are discussing Twitter's right to refuse service to the NY Post for posting misleading information with the goal of interfering in a presidential election.
- SideburnsOfDoom 6y ago> What if censorship itself causes hate speech? What if windmills cause cancer? What if toenails cause climate change? Why do birds?
- unishark 6y agoReferencing actual logic people use regarding drugs/alcohol prohibition for those that didn't follow.
- unishark 6y agoAlso, the creation of echo chambers and political polarization. And the Streisand effect as stories like this get more press from the censorship news itself. And the motivation I feel to beat this drum ever harder as people respond with downvotes and snark.