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Well, it's just ridiculous. YouTube can be a cesspool of racism but if Twitter has any comments related to one particular group, it faces legal action. I don't
by dinkumthinkum 14y ago
Well, it's just ridiculous. YouTube can be a cesspool of racism but if Twitter has any comments related to one particular group, it faces legal action. I don't want to preach to the choir about free speech; however, what do people really expect from censorship?
Let's say some racist group was spewing hatred on Twitter. Now, let's say someone was, rightfully, offended and then went and tattle tailed to Twitter or the legal authorities. What is their benefit from that? Those people still think and believe exactly the same things. You could say at the very least it reduces the spread of certain and so forth, but I don't think it does; just because they can't say it on Twitter doesn't mean it is not said hundreds or thousands of times a day. I don't know why anyone would want the government to be our nanny in this case. If anything, taking action like this just eggs them on.
- monochromatic 14y agoMore and more, people think that nannying is the essential function of government.