Subj : Re: SCOTUS & Social Media
To   : JEFF THIELE
From : Mike Powell
Date : Wed Jun 01 2022 17:55:00

> If the regulation of hate speech on social media affects your ability to
> speak your mind, wtf is wrong with you?

The issue here is one's definition of "hate speech."  What if that
definition is fluid?  What if the person defining and regulating it
decides, for example, that anything negative that someone might post about
the governor and lt. governor of Texas is "hate speech"?

Facebook, for example, has a low tolerance for anything it defines as
"white supremacist," as many would.  Their tolerance for post that glorify
gang violence, violence against women, that are derogatory towards certain
religions, and other things I also find hateful is a whole lot higher.  So,
apparently, their definition is much different from mine.

> And isn't it interesting that the regulation of hate speech is seen by
> conservatives as censorship? Why just conservatives? Could it be because
> conservatives are responsible for the vast majority of hate speech? Maybe
> conservatives need to pay more attention to who they partner with

Or maybe it is who defines hate speech, how the definition is fluid and seems
to not be evenly applied that they have problems with?


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