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The basis for the ban is that the politician made an incontestable, factually true statement, which Twitter claimed was “hate speech”.
by leephillips 5y ago
The basis for the ban is that the politician made an incontestable, factually true statement, which Twitter claimed was “hate speech”.
- reaktivo 5y agoAnswer this: Should a infertile parent of an adopted child call themselves parents?
- leephillips 5y agoYes.
- happytoexplain 5y agoIf I'm a racist who states some true crime statistic as part of an argument or implication that is mostly just being made to belittle black people, express hatred for them, or claim that they should be treated differently, then I am using a factual statement as hate speech. You're oversimplifying. A fact being true is only a defense for exactly that fact. People often fall into this fallacy in defense of hateful or low quality rhetoric.
- leephillips 5y agoBut that’s not what happened here. The bare, obviously true, fact itself was determined to be hate speech.