A comment removed for hate speech!

[Harrison]

Had anyone else ever had a comment removed from Facebook for "hate speech"?


I commented on a stupid news article posted yesterday. I think it was from the BBC. It was about a trans person whom, regardless of your views on this current social media hype, was clearly a guy dressed as a women. They were complaining that their online banking automatic security checks had rejected their account access because their voice hadn't matched a female voice pattern.

You just have to laugh at that as a genuine news article really. I was feeling a bit sarcastic and posted that it was quite obviously a guy dressed as a girl, and their system needs a trans option with the selection of either a guy pretending to be a girl or a girl pretending to be a man.

And today I get an offical hate crime warning from Facebook. Hilarious. They have time to protect the feelings of the mentally ill, but do nothing about all the terrorist recruitment content or paedophile rings. Quite pathetic really. Wouldn't expect much more from social media these days I suppose. Good by freedom of speech! How can it be a hate crime to just state facts?

[Stephen Coates]

No, but I've never posted on Facebook anyway. You have to remember that when using something like Facebook, you are agreeing to abide by their rules, just as I would have to abide by classicamiga.com rules.

I can't help but think there is a heck of a lot of 'political correctness' in the news regarding transgender people. I've met quite a few transgender people myself, and generally speaking they are more-or-less normal.

[Harrison]

It's not the trans thing that's the issue, but the media has generated a sense of personal entitlement for some, and it's creating some ridiculous over reactions to anything said about the subject on any level.

The amusing thing regarding my facebook comment is it was a comment of logic, and no way could that be considered hate speech.

[Kin Hell]

Do't use social media @ any level, but I have had my membership removed on a site for using, an inappropriate User Name..... "Kin Hell"

Needless to say, after complaining in an appropriate and polite manner, my attempts of having my Membership reinstated never came to fruition.

....Just how did the little prick on the same site, get away with calling himself "Saddam Hussein"?

[Stephen Coates]

I was feeling a bit sarcastic and posted that it was quite obviously a guy dressed as a girl, and their system needs a trans option with the selection of either a guy pretending to be a girl or a girl pretending to be a man

Having thought about it, I reckon it was these bits that got considered 'hate speech'.

Whilst it is very over the top to consider it hate, harrison's comments certainly aren't very politically correct.

[Harrison]

There is a large different between being politically correct and hate speech. In my view hate speech is something like a religious terrorist group denouncing all white people.

And that is the scary and very sad reality of the moment. Everything is blown completely out of proportion and so many over react and are offended by the smallest thing. Growing up in a much tougher, more male dominated time it just feels very pathetic that so many can't just deal with a lot of this stuff inside and get on with life. Everyone is offended from time to time, but nothing will happen. With around 7 billion in the world it's more than likely you will come across quite a few people whom are not compatible with your universe and might offend you. Just move on.