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When someone says, "Kill the jews", then absolutely yes, an issue outside of free speech has been raised. They are no longer communicating ideas, they are advoc
by swombat 17y ago
When someone says, "Kill the jews", then absolutely yes, an issue outside of free speech has been raised. They are no longer communicating ideas, they are advocating dangerous activities.
For the record, if you click on the first link (http://www.techcrunch.com/2009/06/15/facebook-employees-speak-their-mind-on-holocaust-denial/ http://www.techcrunch.com/2009/06/15/facebook-employees-spea...) and scroll down a bit, you'll see some extracts of the offending comments. One of them by one "Luke Andrews" from Wales, reads:
"die jews die"
This is an example of something that Facebook is refusing to act on.
- sgrove 17y agoWell, that's simply stupid. But Arrington specifically holds up examples of "Ezra Callahan on being a Jewish employee and supporting Facebook’s policy to not remove groups that deny the Holocaust." Which is not. He implies (well, even plainly says) that all of it must go. That's wrong headed - sweeping ignorance and hatred under the carpet won't solve anything. For what it's worth, I'm completely baffled by sentiments like "die jews die". I can't understand for the life of me why anyone would be so upset at something as abstract as a race of people.
- axod 17y agoA brilliant response to the idiocy is always comedy: "Throw the jew down the well" http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Vb3IMTJjzfo http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Vb3IMTJjzfo (If you don't know, this is Sacha Baron Cohen (Jewish), playing 'Borat')