What is the definition of hate speech and who defines it? Very often when two parties disagree the hate speech terms starts to get thrown around.
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What is the definition of hate speech and who defines it? Very often when two parties disagree the hate speech terms starts to get thrown around.
Hate speech is ultimately subjective. At the end of the day, someone is going to get offended if you post about controversial subjects. I mainly joined this platform because I thought it was resistant to censorship but very quickly I realized that's not the case at all. Here, it seems like everything is just like outside. In other words, money talks. The more money you have, the more influence!
i figured it was subjective, that's why i brought it up
There is only indirect censorship your posts are still visible. I dont think censorship is a issue
Censorship is not just about whether something is visible or not(although the flagging does make negative posts invisible and it requires an extra click to make it visible again). Censorship is a lot more than that. Suppressing the sources of income and revenue of content creators you don't like is the most effective way of censorship right now on YouTube. They simply do not allow you to monetize your video if the content is controversial. The abuse of the flag button here can lead to exactly the same thing that's happening on YouTube...
@msg768, agreed, the YouTube thing is a problem. YouTube chooses, also, what to put on the trending list as well. Many left and went to http://Vid.Me
Hate speech is either defined subjectively or objectively. We normally define morality, hate, speech, right and wrong, through limited and subjective perspective. Sometimes, we may believe in truth that is like objective that is defined by maybe God, maybe a religion, maybe philosophy, culture, family traditions or something. But I believe in freedom of speech which includes hate speech. Sticks and stones may break my bones but words may never hurt me. If you gave me hate speech, then I can handle it. Call me dumb. I am ok with that. I would not want to take your freedom from you mostly because I do not want you to take that same freedom from me. Treat others the way you want to be treated.
That's the problem. subjectively measured hate speech, or anything really, is a recipe for disaster, and leads to tyranny.
Steemit is better when people can make money. But it becomes a problem when you can make money by taking it from others.