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Comment · 5 years ago
Never, because it's impossible to have a platform if keeping something content up gets them fined AND taking content down gets them fined.

They don't have perfect knowledge of how a court would rule in each case, so they err on the side of caution. Remove the side of caution and you can't have a platform.

Comment · 6 years ago
Legally it could be done, but not practically since English is the language we actually use to communicate.
Comment · 6 years ago
Nope, not at all. The EU has essentially nothing to do with English being spoken Europe. Brexit is a legal matter.
Comment · 6 years ago
1) It's not that much money. 2) The skills are useful, unlike those in your flawed analogy. 3) Companies actually look at such things when recruiting contractors, etc. 4) You're an *.
Comment · 6 years ago
> Nice try.

You did. Right here: "e.g. ethnicity". That's a quote from you. I mentioned in-group, you added ethnicity.

> There you go. And yet history proves you wrong, starting with the roman empire and the middle ages.

At this point I wonder if you are trolling. The roman empire waged war on pretty much every single other ethnic group around them and enslaved them. Which the other ethnic groups around them were also trying to do at the time. Then we have the middle ages with the crusades and such... etc etc etc

Comment · 6 years ago
> What is "aesthetically pleasing" to random strangers according to some survey is of little importance.

It's extremely important to most people. We go out of our way to look good. Just look at any shopping street. Clothes, makeup, gyms, etc.

Comment · 6 years ago
Slow loading times aside, looks well made.
Comment · 6 years ago
Indeed. The loading time far exceeds the time I spend actually making choices.
Comment · 6 years ago
Actually that's not what I said it all. The concept on in/out-group can be completely arbitrary, e.g. assigned by flipping a coin. The principle still holds.

That said, since you bring it up, the history of humanity is largely the history of war between different ethnic groups. So yes, hating people based on ethnicity has been the norm for most of human history. It's still largely the case in varying degrees in different parts of the world.

Comment · 6 years ago
Both sides.
Comment · 6 years ago
Everybody likes the "in-group" and hates the rest. Although the word hate tends to mainly be used about other people.
Comment · 6 years ago
> most of the hate mobs are in Parler

Unless you provide proof, there is no reason to discuss this.

Comment · 6 years ago
From what I've heard (I don't use Parler) one of their selling points it actually that they're quicker than Twitter as censoring.

Twitter allows (and promotes?) hate mobs while Parler supposedly doesn't.

Comment · 6 years ago
Well some have tried. There was a civil war about it.

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