Posted on 01/22/2020 10:12:20 AM PST by Red Badger
A man in South Wales was shut down by Facebook for appreciating a butcher's faggots and posting a review of it on the platform.
“If you're not buying Thomas's Of Morriston the butchers on Morriston Cross' faggots on a Tuesday are you even a monkey?” wrote Paul Lynch, a 55-year-old resident of the Morriston area of Swansea, South Wales.
While the comment posted by Lynch was merely a compliment that was intended to encourage the community residents to visit the butchers, Facebook misinterpreted the comment as a rather offensive one and banned his account stating that his post went against the community standards on so-called “hate speech”.
It is worth noting that the residents of the Morriston community are commonly known as “Morriston monkeys”, which is what Lynch simply referred to them as. The name is derived from the large number of monkey puzzle trees that once existed in that area.
Faggots is a traditional British dish and has long been popular in the Midlands of England as well as the Mid and South Wales.
On the subject of his banned Facebook post, Morriston said that the faggots were very popular among the community's residents. “The faggots he sells are famous to many Morriston residents – especially older residents. He makes them every Tuesday and if you go early enough they are still hot and absolutely delicious,” said the meat lover.
Lynch stated that he was initially under the impression that a Facebook bot might have banned his account as he used the controversial word “faggot.” But then, even after appealing for a review, the account suspension was held, stating that he was guilty of hate speech, causing great bewilderment to the 55-year-old.
“Clearly, therefore, it's not the words that cause abuse, it is the context they are used in. With that in mind, I think Facebook telling me I'm guilty of hate speech is highly offensive and morally wrong.”
“This is absolutely barmy. I recently posted here about Thomas's the butchers on Morriston Cross' famous f@ggots, but it got flagged up as hate speech,” Lynch wrote on Facebook. “I asked Facebook to review the decision as I guess it was an algorithm which flagged it up but, even so, Facebook has since confirmed it as hate speech. Bonkers!”
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Ping!...................
Millennials
Stupider than boomers
By a long shot
And totally indoctrinated
Hey mate, got a light for this fag?
Unreal.
“Fags”...in British slang also means cigarettes.
Don’t they have any Brit moderators who know the local vernacular? Ridiculous.
I used to have a gay smoking buddy who got a kick out of using the word. Wasn’t much anybody could say to him.
What about faggots of wood for a nice campfire?
Throw some fresh faggots in the stove. It’s getting cold again. Why can’t we have a gas burner?
Or a fagot stitch in the hem of your pants?..................
Faggots are also the term for a bundle of sticks used for building home fires.
But I digress
Simple solution: Stop using Facebook. Aside from the abominable censorship, they regularly market your personal information. Besides all that, it’s a royal waste of time.
Zuckerberg is unfit to serve as a fag at a boarding school.
A Fag actually means “Torch”. But you’re correct, fag is slang for cigarette.
Just imagine the fallout from Facebook if he had said those faggots were great with spotted dicks.
But he would enjoy it..................
Since faggots is a term for a bundle of sticks, then a group of torches would flaming faggots, right?
“Stop using Facebook. Aside from the abominable censorship, they regularly market your personal information. Besides all that, it’s a royal waste of time.”
I am on 30 or FB antique car pages. Have found photos and information of cars I have been looking for 40 years.
I have also sold a ton of stuff on FB at no fees unlike Ebay.
FB is invaluable. Greatest source ever. Google cannot compare.
good thing he didn’t use that naughty word for “stingy”.....yes, you know the word I am thinking of but will not use :(
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