Feminists vs. Facebook

Blemish · 2013-05-29T11:59:36+00:00

As an update: Facebook will review its policies

EDIT: Facebook bows to campaign groups over 'hate speech'

Nomenimion · 2013-05-29T15:54:16+00:00

Here is an idea: if you don't like a page, don't look at it!

CrossHook · 2013-05-29T14:15:20+00:00

Chicks post shit on fbook all the time insinuating the castration of all men as revenge for some right wingers being pro-life. These whiny bitches are massive hypocrites.

rg57 · 2013-05-30T03:42:47+00:00

I always thought it was strange that people would want to go to a website for something that really should be a communication protocol.

Your page should be hosted on your server, at your home. Home broadband is surely fast enough now to serve up cat memes and status updates to whoever wants to see them.

Always_Doubtful · 2013-05-29T16:54:40+00:00

I find it hilarious that feminist are totally blind, women don't have a exclusive right to victimhood and violence against women isn't as bad as feminists seem to advertise

rebuildingMyself · 2013-05-30T04:40:58+00:00

Facebook, the biggest validation-whoring, chick-worshipping site on the internet. Who would have thought they would suck feminist cock?

soulcakeduck · 2013-05-29T18:40:51+00:00

the First Amendment is not at stake, since it’s a matter of private citizens using speech to pressure a corporation that already restricts content it deems offensive.

Yes. What exactly is the problem here? If/when Facebook uses its policy to restrict "legitimate" speech, then people should complain. But I don't want to see domestic violence photos any more than I want to see male soldiers being beheaded on Facebook.

With Facebook already prohibiting most of these cases or hate/violence advocacy, seems like a few oversights slipped through and Facebook (and all of us) would benefit by reconciling.

MechPlasma · 2013-05-29T14:39:51+00:00

On the topic of "What's acceptable humour and what's not", there's a simple rule I follow for any attempt at controversial jokes:

Anything that's intended as an insult is bad, no matter what it is. An attempt to offend is, itself, offensive. Similarly, taking any stereotype as actually true is also insulting. The rest of these are going to be about what're subjectively jokes and what crosses the line.

Anything that's just plain insulting, like saying "Beat up black people", is bad. Even as a joke. Adding 'lololol' after it or calling it satire or sarcastic doesn't make it okay.

Anything that's a play on stereotypes that couldn't be realisticly offensive on its own, like "Black people sure do love watermelon" is fine. Political correctness, in other words. The only people who'd get offended by that is people who've decided beforehand that mentioning 'black' and 'watermelon' in the same line is an insult.

Anything that's a play on a stereotype, but also insulting on itself, like "Black people steal a lot", is... fine in moderation, I suppose. As in, if the person or caricature does a lot of stereotype jokes and few insulting ones, I'm okay with it. In other words, it's fine as long as it's perfectly clear that it's only supposed to be a stereotype joke, and there's no reason to suspect an ulterior motive. It's why the Samsung "This guy is a slob. If he was evolved, he'd be the perfect slave to a woman" ad is offensive - one of those on its own is okay (although annoying, from oversaturation), but all three at once is just way too far.

Racial slurs... pretty much follow the same "As long as there's no reason to suspect an ulterior motive" reasoning. But that can be a lot harder to tell. So while I'm very against saying "racial slurs are always offensive", I'm not against completely blanket-censoring racial slurs.

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If you're still having trouble telling if something is actually offensive or not, make it simple: think of a comparable thing to say to a guy who loves anime. So for example:

People at Anime-con are such weeaboos that they stay in his basement all day because they can't handle interaction more complex than a girly anime!

-is offensive. It's a stereotype-based joke that hits too close to an actual thing people say to insult them (staying in the basement, can't handle talking to people).

People at Anime-con are such weeaboos that they once burned down a cancer ward because "It wasn't moe enough"!

-is hilarious!

Title	Feminists vs. Facebook
Author	Blemish
Upvotes	59
Comments	18
Date	May 29, 2013 11:57 AM UTC (13 years ago)
Subreddit	Posted in /r/MensRights
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