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ismnotwasm

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19. Thea was a Washington post correction on this very topic

Reply to StarfishSaver (Original post)

Thu May 2, 2019, 03:11 PM

May 2019

Correction: Louis Farrakhan is an extremist leader who has espoused anti-Semitic views. An earlier version of this story and headline incorrectly included him in a list of far-right leaders.

Facebook said on Thursday it has permanently banned several far-right and anti-Semitic figures and organizations, including Nation of Islam leader Louis Farrakhan, Infowars host Alex Jones, Milo Yiannopoulos and Laura Loomer, for being “dangerous,” a sign that the social network is more aggressively enforcing its hate speech policies under pressure from civil rights groups.

https://www.washingtonpost.com/technology/2019/05/02/facebook-bans-extremist-leaders-including-louis-farrakhan-alex-jones-milo-yiannopoulos-being-dangerous/?utm_term=.a4217abace2d

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Farrakhan's not "far right." But he is a convenient black boogeyman [View all] StarfishSaver May 2019 OP

Hmmm, I see the blatant false equivalence ... Lou is still an asshole. uponit7771 May 2019 #1

Yes. StarfishSaver May 2019 #6

he's antisemitic eShirl May 2019 #2

True. StarfishSaver May 2019 #9

he spreads hate eShirl May 2019 #11

He certainly is far right riverine May 2019 #3

No, he's not StarfishSaver May 2019 #4

Good, but his antisemitism is still the issue hlthe2b May 2019 #8

The Southern Poverty Law Center calls the NOI a hate group riverine May 2019 #13

That was my first reaction, but... hlthe2b May 2019 #5

He is a f**king purveyor of hate. That isn't a conventient boogeyman, that is the facts, and it still_one May 2019 #7

Half the people on Twitter seem to spread hate. StarfishSaver May 2019 #12

Not necessarily Caliman73 May 2019 #31

Fine, he's not "far right". But he's far from normal, far from civil, JustABozoOnThisBus May 2019 #10

True, he's pretty reprehensible. StarfishSaver May 2019 #14

Ok, but what's he done recently? JustABozoOnThisBus May 2019 #15

His politics are all over the place... Just call him Blue_Tires May 2019 #16

In the end, Facebook is a private corporation. They can ban whoever they want. Yavin4 May 2019 #17

I would like to ask you your definition of "right wing" riverine May 2019 #18

Thea was a Washington post correction on this very topic ismnotwasm May 2019 #19

Farrakhan is an anti-semitic racist ... 11 Bravo May 2019 #20

Nazi's are also anti-Semitic racists riverine May 2019 #21

It's nationalism and supremacism... Anon-C May 2019 #22

Farrakhan is a virulent antisemite, should have been kicked to the curb long ago Tarc May 2019 #23

I'm a gay woman -- he certainly is far right obamanut2012 May 2019 #24

Antisemite - check Mosby May 2019 #25

Is he that much of a presence? doompatrol39 May 2019 #26

That's my point StarfishSaver May 2019 #27

Seems like it to me (n/t) doompatrol39 May 2019 #30

He is to some: OilemFirchen May 2019 #29

He was a huge Ronald Reagan and Adolph Hitler fan and one serious anti-semite tenderfoot May 2019 #28

he it's far right in the general sense. but in the US it's usually used on white supremacist typesp JI7 May 2019 #32

The NOI have been far right since the '50's. Allied with the bircher Hunt family, the Klan, Mc Mike May 2019 #33

I pick the last one superpatriotman May 2019 #34

I don't know the post-er, supe, but am willing to discuss it with them. Mc Mike May 2019 #35