Maybe people just need to think if that comment was directed at a member would it be okay? If it would not be okay then why is it tollerated at all.

Originally posted by skeptic1

Don't be nasty. Don't be hateful. Don't post something that is inflammatory enough to get you a like response. Don't be racist. Don't be bigoted. Don't participate in personal attacks or degrading generalizations.

It isn't that hard or confusing. "Man up" isn't hate speech....it is a figure of speech.

You see? Thats the problem. Your "figure of speech" is my "degrading generalization." And lets not forget that the "n-word" was a commonly accepted descriptive term at one time. Just because it is still more acceptable in the US to bash women and make derogatory statements about them doesnt mean it isnt derogatory.

I have had an "inflammatory reaction" from posting a pretty dry and emotionless statement of accepted scientific opinion here, so using the reaction I get isnt viable.

What worries me is that we all have a very similar view on "hate speech."

What we really think is hate speech is "Speech we hate."

And that would be a counter productive road to go down.

May I ask what qualifies hate speech?

I'm sorry but hate speech is just such a vague of a concept. It sounds like it would severely limit free speech against the global elite.

For those who are asking what hate-speech is:

"(Insert Race) __________ are incestous scum"

"(Insert Government) _____________ are guilty of war-crime"

Can you tell which one is hate-speech and which one not?

Yeah...I thought so.

Originally posted by Skyfloating
For those who are asking what hate-speech is:

"(Insert Race) __________ are incestous scum"

"(Insert Government) _____________ are guilty of war-crime"

Can you tell which one is hate-speech and which one not?

Yeah...I thought so.

yeah calling a race or group anything degrading without any objective material to back it up would not be tollerated

Saying that a gov is guilty of war crimes would be fine so long as it was backed up by the war crime broken and the actual incident

I didn't expect our members to have this much difficulty with this.

hate speech:
PRESIDENT OBAMA HATES WHITE PEOPLE AND WANTS THEM TO DIE

threads started to fan the flames, rather than discuss an actual issue.


sorry, it seems the other threads were no good.

[edit on 5-2-2009 by Crakeur]

Does this apply to the anti-American people on here as well?

I've seen a lot of hate towards my country when I have been arguing with members from the UK or Europe or other parts of the world who claimed they were denying ignorance. But all they were doing was just take the time to spew their hate and anti-American sentiment on the board.

I don't mean like it was a matter of simply saying that our government made mistakes, but, I see lots of hate speech saying that people here are dumb because our government makes mistakes and so we're all dumb.

Can't this hate speech apply to us as well?

Or does it not matter since we are the super power of the world and an object of hate?

Sheesh, it's not that complicated.

The same way it is against the T&C to attack other members personally the same applies to race, religion, sexual orientation etc.

It is the same fundamental principle.