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6. Some call it hate speech.

Mon Aug 7, 2017, 03:12 PM

Aug 2017

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Man spraypaints Twitter office sidewalk with abusive tweets it refuses to delete [View all] riversedge Aug 2017 OP

Who decided what tweets were offensive? Egnever Aug 2017 #1

TV and twitter are two entirely different things Egnever Aug 2017 #26

Who decides?...Hmm..maybe women, gays and people of color? whathehell Aug 2017 #5

Oh so free speech is gone now replaced by anti white guyism? Egnever Aug 2017 #14

I humbly disagree...They can institute a set of BLACKLIST words & phrases... The_REAL_Ecumenist Aug 2017 #16

Blacklisting words is not a realistic solution Egnever Aug 2017 #18

It IS workable as there are sites that have a HUGE TRAFFIC and The_REAL_Ecumenist Aug 2017 #23

LOL show me one Egnever Aug 2017 #25

Yeah, we all know how "oppressed" those straight white guys are, lol. whathehell Aug 2017 #29

Many people are not big fans of the consequences of hateful speech. LanternWaste Aug 2017 #10

There's no consequences if they are deleted. Egnever Aug 2017 #11

Twitter handles over 500 million tweets a day Egnever Aug 2017 #19

Some call it hate speech. whathehell Aug 2017 #6

You have a right to free speech gratuitous Aug 2017 #7

Absolutely true Egnever Aug 2017 #20

There are TOS to be followed here at DU too TeamPooka Aug 2017 #13

Number one: "censorship" concerns the government, not private industry whathehell Aug 2017 #30

Good for him! Behind the Aegis Aug 2017 #8

And if you look at that TOS Egnever Aug 2017 #21

AMEN Aegis!!! The_REAL_Ecumenist Aug 2017 #24

Interesting video. salin Aug 2017 #9

Bravo! cp Aug 2017 #17