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Allowing calls for violence against "those who deserve it" is little different from allowing calls for violence against anyone. Be careful about what you wish

Allowing calls for violence against "those who deserve it" is little different from allowing calls for violence against anyone. Be careful about what you wish for.

smt88 5y ago
It's calls for violence only against the military. They chose to join the military, and they are literally paid to kill Ukrainians.
- rzzzwilson 5y ago
  Do you REALLY think that any call to violence on platforms like Facebook will remain within any stated limits?
  - smt88 5y ago
    I don't know or care. The article is about a change of policy. Whether or not Facebook follows its own policies is a separate issue. This policy, if followed, is reasonable. There's no reason they need to remove calls for violence (some would say "resistance") against soldiers in order to protect Russian civilians. Facebook moderators are asked to make much more complex decisions all the time.
    - rzzzwilson 5y ago
      What I tried to say, and didn't communicate very well apparently, is that the people who can now let that inner demon loose will do so and this will spill over into other areas of human interaction. This will not stay confined purely within one little area of one communications channel. Let's hope this madness is curtailed before some nutcase thinks it's OK to attack an old man because he's wearing a vaguely military jacket and he spoke a foreign language that sounds like Russian. If you think that's farfetched then you really should refresh your memory a bit on recent hate crimes. And you have far more faith in "human moderators" than I do.
nikolay 5y ago
Really? Regular Russians deserve it? Since when Russophobia is fine?!
- rzzzwilson 5y ago
  I believe that the people of a country are responsible for the actions of their leaders. I do not believe that platforms like Facebook, et al, are morally justified in allowing calls for violence against "those who deserve it".
  - nikolay 5y ago
    You justified the Middle Easte hatred towards all Americans! You should be ashamed of you derailed thinking!
    - rzzzwilson 5y ago
      Really? What bullshit is this? Citation please.

Allowing calls for violence against "those who deserve it" is little different from allowing calls for violence against anyone. Be careful about what you wish for.

smt88 5y ago

It's calls for violence only against the military. They chose to join the military, and they are literally paid to kill Ukrainians.

rzzzwilson 5y ago
Do you REALLY think that any call to violence on platforms like Facebook will remain within any stated limits?
- smt88 5y ago
  I don't know or care. The article is about a change of policy. Whether or not Facebook follows its own policies is a separate issue. This policy, if followed, is reasonable. There's no reason they need to remove calls for violence (some would say "resistance") against soldiers in order to protect Russian civilians. Facebook moderators are asked to make much more complex decisions all the time.
  - rzzzwilson 5y ago
    What I tried to say, and didn't communicate very well apparently, is that the people who can now let that inner demon loose will do so and this will spill over into other areas of human interaction. This will not stay confined purely within one little area of one communications channel. Let's hope this madness is curtailed before some nutcase thinks it's OK to attack an old man because he's wearing a vaguely military jacket and he spoke a foreign language that sounds like Russian. If you think that's farfetched then you really should refresh your memory a bit on recent hate crimes. And you have far more faith in "human moderators" than I do.

nikolay 5y ago

Really? Regular Russians deserve it? Since when Russophobia is fine?!

rzzzwilson 5y ago
I believe that the people of a country are responsible for the actions of their leaders. I do not believe that platforms like Facebook, et al, are morally justified in allowing calls for violence against "those who deserve it".
- nikolay 5y ago
  You justified the Middle Easte hatred towards all Americans! You should be ashamed of you derailed thinking!
  - rzzzwilson 5y ago
    Really? What bullshit is this? Citation please.