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Reddit Continues To Protect Racist Language In Favor of Free Speech (digitaltrends.com)
In a thread about Reddit's 2017 transparency report, a user asked CEO Steve Huffman whether posts containing racism or racial slurs violate Reddit's terms. Huffman revealed that said speech are permissible on the site. "On Reddit, the way in which we think about speech is to separate behavior from beliefs," Huffman clarified. "This means on Reddit there will be people with beliefs different from your own, sometimes extremely so." Digital Trends reports: It's unclear if Huffman's comments are representative of Reddit's company policy, but protection of hate speech can -- and do -- lead to online harassment and cyberbullying. A recent study from Pew revealed that as many as 40 percent of Americans have experienced some form of harassment online. And even if hate speech may still be protected content on Reddit, Huffman was quick to point out that any threat of violence is not tolerated on the site. "When users actions conflict with our own content policies, we take action," he said. This distinction is consistent with Reddit's prior policies for enforcement. "Going forward, we will take action against any content that encourages, glorifies, incites, or calls for violence or physical harm against an individual or a group of people; likewise we will also take action against content that glorifies or encourages the abuse of animals," the updated terms read, noting that "context is key."
Because itâ(TM)s hard to install fascism without having control of the media. Reddit stating that they will not participate with majority-approved only speech means they need to be crushed.
Thank you for pointing out that Politically Motivated Companies, Need to be ADDED to the Amendment. As they can be COERCED, MISUSED, and ABUSED by Governments to SUBVERT the First Amendment. Which at the time it was written, controlled basically ALL forms of long distance communications. Which it does no longer. Meaning an EXPANSION of the PROTECTION of the first amendment, is LONG OVERDUE!
Thats not how the leftists think. The leftists think its all about power and the government is power. Nothing else but power matters to them.
"His name was James Damore."
They allow Leftist brigades like /r/ShitRedditSays and /r/TopMindsofReddit to mass downvote Right-wing content, and encourage users and mods to do the same. That way, technically they have free speech, and simultaneously, it appears that only a small number of people are Right wing, which fits their narrative perfectly.
Alternative Right.
What the government explicitly allows for, should not private institutions seek to uphold?
If it's only the government that allows ALL speech, and all private sources block some speech - do you really have freedom of speech? Or is it just just an archaic term that means nothing?
The whole point of these protections is they are supposed to be GUIDING PRINCIPALS by which the people of the U.S. live. That includes how we treat others. It doesn't mean everyone has to allow everything, but it DOES mean that we shouldn't get mad when SOME people truly allow all kinds of speech over their platform.
"There is more worth loving than we have strength to love." - Brian Jay Stanley
Unless you're a baker. Then the government can force you to use your artistic skills against your own first amendment rights.
But that is okay.
Agent K: A *person* is smart. People are dumb, stupid, panicky animals, and you know it.
No we can't - we can however stop them from discriminate against gay people. Quite a difference.
You know what? The company people could have used _their_ free speech to tell the customers what they thought about the whole thing (as long as there were no threats). The company could have ridiculed their customers, insulted them in the worst way imaginable (within legal limits) and then made the cake for them if they still wanted to be customers. No problem.
I think people like you should be castrated and then boiled in tar but if I _did_ bake cakes for money I make one for you. (/s)
Yes, this is what the brochure says, but if it was really true, why is it acceptable for the government to restrict the rights of non-citizens?
If rights truly are endowed by the Creator, and if "all men" are equal in the eyes of that Creator, then don't all men qualify equally?
At some point, the origin myth of the United States of America falls apart and you realize the language of the Declaration was hype and the belief in the Constitution as some magical document is misplaced. Accept that it was just a tool to codify the aristocracy and slavery, and the flowery language of "rights" was just to dazzle the yahoos. And the rights you believe are guaranteed are only guaranteed as long as it's convenient for people with money and power.
You are welcome on my lawn.