Challenge for the night: Define 'hate speech' so precisely & objectively that: 1) you would instantly recognize when people who share your ideology are saying hateful things against people who don't, and 2) a biased censor couldn't use it to shut down ideologies they dislike
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Replying to @primalpoly
Hate speech is speech that that advocates for the physical or systemic dehumanization of a group of people.
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Replying to @TaePhoenix @primalpoly
How do we define dehumanization? Where is the threshold? Does this include any group of people? Is this a pornography situation - you know it when you see it?
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Replying to @bob_busquets @primalpoly
de·hu·man·i·za·tion ˌdēˌ(h)yo͞omənəˈzāSH(ə)n/Submit noun noun: dehumanization; noun: dehumanisation the process of depriving a person or group of positive human qualities. "the consequences of systematic dehumanization of one racial group in a society can be horrific"
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So, you'd agree that what @sarahjeong said about white people was 'hate speech' under that definition, yes?
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