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Originally Posted by altmman
why?
These scumbags are not adding anything profitable to the site, only a negative toxic feeling that will drive profitable users and advertisers away.
Why keep the riff raff?
You think Tide laundry detergent or Crystal Light is going to want their logo showing next to "Kill the Ni***rs" banners?
doubt it.
Get rid of the scum users. Delete. delete. delete.
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Originally Posted by Bladewire
Kicking people off Twitter who only hate minorities, slander them, and threaten them with violence is the same as suspending that same person from school for the same actions, or firing that same person from work for those same actions. Nothing different and it happens everyday to these same racists in work places and school around the country, and rightfully so.
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Originally Posted by brassmonkey
what about ownership? go look in the rules search "hate speech" don't go to twitter if you have an issues with it.
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Yes, but it's a slippery slope. If free speech is determined by commercial product placement, we are all in big trouble.
Free speech is more important than the scum that abuse it. I think Twitter and other main programs should "Red Flag" speech they deem abusive, but, not delete or censor it. That way free speech can move forward and Big Brother can not control what is being said.
It's easy to block and pass judgement on highly abusive text, but the problem lies with the gray area. Who decides what is border line abusive or should be deleted? Twitter is a privately owned business, but when it has millions of users, the rules of free speech should apply to all, not just the users that "say only nice things." If we allow Twitter and other sites, to control what we are saying or feeling, that is a much bigger problem than the scum that abuse the system.
I think an application of Red Flagging abusive text, will help control what "people want to read" vs. "what Twitter is allowing you to read."
Either way, it's a slippery slope, but I am against all censorship. Controlling the public's thoughts is a dangerous application. It really is the birth of 1984. We just don't see it yet, because we are in it.