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Hatebase Tries To Scan For Precursors of Genocide In Language

Posted by timothy on from the philip-k-dick-to-the-white-courtesy-phone dept.

An anonymous reader writes "Hatebase, a new crowdsourced database of multilingual hate speech from The Sentinel Project, is an attempt to create a repository of words and phrases that researchers can use to detect the early stages of genocide."

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  1. hatebase? by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 1, Funny

    Fuck that.

  2. Re:A precursor to genocide? by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 3, Funny

    How many picohitlers is that?

  3. I'll contribute by srussia · · Score: 4, Funny

    From hatebase.org:

    "Language-based classification, or symbolization, is one of a handful of quantifiable steps toward genocide.
    To support Hatebase, please contribute to our database, either by adding vocabulary or by logging sightings and citations.

    My submission:

    Language: Beltwayspeak
    Vocabulary: "senior operational leader", "enemy belligerent", "imminent threat", "organized armed groups"
    Source: http://msnbcmedia.msn.com/i/msnbc/sections/news/020413_DOJ_White_Paper.pdf

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