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joshcryer

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28. Thing is, and this is my last post in this thread...

Fri Jul 22, 2016, 07:15 PM

Jul 2016

...I've literally seen beheading videos tweeted and retweeted from legitimate Twitter accounts. Like I originally pasted, maybe it's allowed for intelligence purposes, but man, it's really getting to me. Fuck Yilo or Nero or whatever his nick was (I think it was Nero), but man... it's crazy. And I'm not totally defending Nero, but I don't recall him ever posting a BEHEADING video. Two French guys got their heads cut off yesterday or day before. I hate seeing that s**t.

IMO, you have to follow Arabic speaking Twitter to see what I am losing it over. I may delete the OP if I can't express that, but I honestly think it's a symptom of the technological platform as a whole. We see hate speech to women and AA alike, it's not just radical Islamists. ISIS just managed to be one of the things I hate the most that I've seen and it got kinda mixed into my message. My fault. We can't ignore the misogyny and racist crap on Twitter, though. Bigger picture. I wish it wasn't this way.

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Twitter is a hate site. It perpetuates hate by its very nature. [View all] joshcryer Jul 2016 OP

Thanks for the warning....I have never visited the Twitter site Glorfindel Jul 2016 #1

No problem, if you ever make an account there... joshcryer Jul 2016 #4

Instant communication and messaging, what's not to love about that. Iliyah Jul 2016 #2

twitter does remove the ISIS accounts melman Jul 2016 #3

Nah, they are everywhere. Well, pretty popular. joshcryer Jul 2016 #6

As a highly customizable tool, Twitter can be a lot of things, depending on the effort you put into Brickbat Jul 2016 #5

Certainly. Especially going by the definition of "twit". n/t miyazaki Jul 2016 #7

Exactly. Warren DeMontague Jul 2016 #12

Twitter currently hosts some hate crap but is not, overall, a hate site pinboy3niner Jul 2016 #8

Twitter is absolutely invaluable for live stuff. joshcryer Jul 2016 #10

I suspect it is kind of like DU. Warren DeMontague Jul 2016 #14

Never been on MIRT. joshcryer Jul 2016 #17

problem with "hate speech" is, it's subjective. Advocacy of violence and violent content, not so Warren DeMontague Jul 2016 #23

Thing is, and this is my last post in this thread... joshcryer Jul 2016 #28

I dont follow those accounts, so ... Yeah, i hear you. Warren DeMontague Jul 2016 #31

Another thought... pinboy3niner Jul 2016 #9

Yeah joshcryer Jul 2016 #11

There's a lot out there besides hate pinboy3niner Jul 2016 #20

I love that. joshcryer Jul 2016 #27

We have a history here from the old days pinboy3niner Jul 2016 #29

I'll send it or post it to you. joshcryer Jul 2016 #30

That's a good point. Warren DeMontague Jul 2016 #16

I missed that Josh mentioned it in the OP pinboy3niner Jul 2016 #21

and no pun, either. Warren DeMontague Jul 2016 #25

You sly devil, slipping in a subtle comment about my sex appeel. nt pinboy3niner Jul 2016 #32

What... Warren DeMontague Jul 2016 #33

I just hate those fuckfaces back Blue_Tires Jul 2016 #13

Twitter has always had a problem with asshole control. backscatter712 Jul 2016 #15

I love Twitter. I use it often for work. bigwillq Jul 2016 #18

Valuable method for organizing. See Arab Spring n/t leftstreet Jul 2016 #19

If you only interact with a handful of people on Twitter how do you see the bad stuff? cherokeeprogressive Jul 2016 #22

If I owned a site like Twitter, I would likely allow anything legal. ZombieHorde Jul 2016 #24

Thats like saying the internet is a hate tool. milestogo Jul 2016 #26