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> It is not other people's responsibility to stay up to date on what may or may not be triggering you on any particular day. The internet moves fast now, if th
by gitgud 4y ago
> It is not other people's responsibility to stay up to date on what may or may not be triggering you on any particular day.
The internet moves fast now, if there's a growing trend of a slang-word to get around hate speech laws without actually breaking any, and everyone reacting to it understands it... then it's hate-speech right?
"groomer" is only used in the context of hatred towards a particular group without technically violating any hate-laws. It's quickly becoming a way to say "fagg*t" without saying it...
- the_doctah 4y agoWe wouldn't have any words left to use if it was up to you I guess. And what "hate-laws" are you referring to, in regards to speech, that people are "getting around"? You do know Twitter TOS is not the actual law right?
- gitgud 4y ago> We wouldn't have any words left to use if it was up to you I guess. Good point, that's a bit of an extreme though and context/intent does matter. > And what "hate-laws" are you referring to, in regards to speech, that people are "getting around"? You do know Twitter TOS is not the actual law right? True, I meant the Twitter TOS I guess. But Musk wants to model the TOS as anything within the confines of the law right?
- kjeksfjes 4y agoI'm pretty sure banning words that people use to get around hate speech isn't a particularly good idea...
- gitgud 4y agoIt's just disturbing to me when comments using this hateful slang is promoted to the top of some posts on social media... I'm not sure what a good solution would be, as anything that interferes with the speech of others infringes free speech I guess...