Posted on 08/11/2024 6:24:22 AM PDT by daniel1212
..we don’t allow hate speech on Facebook, Instagram, or Threads.... We define hate speech as direct attacks against people — rather than concepts or institutions— on the basis of what we call protected characteristics (PCs): race, ethnicity, national origin, disability, religious affiliation, caste, sexual orientation, sex, gender identity, and serious disease. Additionally, we consider age a protected characteristic when referenced along with another protected characteristic.
We also protect refugees, migrants, immigrants, and asylum seekers from the most severe attacks, though we do allow commentary on and criticism of immigration policies. Similarly, we provide some protections for non- protected characteristics, such as occupation, when they are referenced along with a protected characteristic. Sometimes, based on local nuance, we consider certain words or phrases as frequently used proxies for PC groups.
We define a hate speech attack as dehumanizing speech; statements of inferiority, expressions of contempt or disgust; cursing; and calls for exclusion or segregation. We also prohibit the use of harmful stereotypes, which we define as dehumanizing comparisons that have historically been used to attack, intimidate, or exclude specific groups, and that are often linked with offline violence. We also prohibit the usage of slurs that are used to attack people on the basis of their protected characteristics.
Moreover, per typical Woke interpretation, its terms can mean,
"on the basis of what we call protected characteristics (PCs): ...religious affiliation [except conservative Christians], sexual orientation" [meaning, unlike non-moral aspects as race, warrant for this protected class being so is based upon their feelings and certain behaviors, somewhat as traditional religion is, but without worship, and a theology, and is based upon physical feelings and immoral acts, which all must affirm, as a type of state religion] "sex, gender identity" [Meaning whatever a person presently feels like] "and serious disease" [As HIVAIDs and other STD's, thus the infected are not to be called immoral].
"Similarly, we provide some protections for non- protected characteristics, such as occupation, when they are referenced along with a protected characteristic." [Which could thus include negative connotations toward homosexual prostitutes.]
"We define a hate speech attack as dehumanizing speech;.... expressions of contempt or disgust; cursing; and calls for exclusion or segregation. We also prohibit the usage of slurs that are used to attack people on the basis of their protected characteristics." [Which dehumanizing, contemptuous , disgust abounds on the Left, and on FB, with the sanctioned use of the slur "homophobic" that is applied to any and all who oppose homosexual relations for any reason, or even who refuse to sanction this when called to do so, and with calls for exclusion or segregation.]
Note that while I am exposing the double standard of censorious Meta while presenting itself as a public medium, yet I do not oppose the right of non-gov. media to forbid certain persons from being members nor restrictions on speech, and which Free Republic wisely enforces, yet rationally and judiciously.
And in contrast to the likes of FB, FR clearly states it is a non-commercial conservative site, which is officially declared (by its owner, Jim Robinson, Nov 14, 2010) to be
"pro-God, pro-life, pro-family, pro-Constitution, pro-Bill of Rights, pro-gun, pro-limited government, pro-private property rights, pro-limited taxes, pro-capitalism, pro-national defense, pro-freedom, and-pro America. We oppose all forms of liberalism, socialism, fascism, pacifism, totalitarianism, anarchism, government enforced atheism, abortionism, feminism, homosexualism, racism, wacko environmentalism, judicial activism, etc. We also oppose the United Nations or any other world government body that may attempt to impose its will or rule over our sovereign nation and sovereign people. We believe in defending our BORDERS, our constitution and our national sovereignty."
We aggressively defend our God-given and first amendment guaranteed rights to free speech, free press, free religion, and FREEDOM of ASSOCIATION, as well as our constitutional right to control the use and content of our own personal private property. Despite the wailing of the liberal trolls and other doom & gloom naysayers, we feel no compelling need to allow them a platform to promote their repugnant and obnoxious propaganda from our forum. Free Republic is NOT a liberal debating society. We are conservative activists dedicated to defending our GOD-GIVEN rights, defending our constitution, defending our republic and defending our traditional American way of Life.
Our God-given Life, Liberty and freedoms are NOT negotiable!!
For God, Family, Country, Life and Liberty!!
If you cannot live with the above, fine, but keep your mouth shut about it while on FR. Don't fight against us on ANY of our deeply held beliefs!!
DON'T TREAD ON ME!!
Anti Life & Liberty trolls will be ZOT on sight!
Free Republic stands for God, family, country. We generally look to Judeo-Christian* guidance on issues of law, morality, justice, freedom, life, family and civil society. And we have a Christian self-governing, self-reliant, individual accountability & responsibility, you gotta work if able-bodied and want to eat attitude on cultural and societal issues. And a Christian pro-Constitution, original intent, pro-liberty, pro-life, pro-family, pro-gun, restricted government, small government, states rights, individual rights, free enterprise position on political and civil matters.
*Note: I say Judeo-Christian because Jesus was a Jew and referred to the Ten Commandments, Jewish law, beliefs and customs and the scripture he quoted was from the Torah, ie, the Hebrew Bible and basically today's Old Testament. If you believe in the Bible (Old and New Testaments) and the God of Abraham, Isaac, Jacob, David, etc, then you believe in our one true Judeo-Christian God.
We take the Bible, the Declaration, the Constitution and our Christian founding and heritage seriously, though we are sometimes backsliders. We the people formed our original Christian states (and they were indeed Christian as the original constitutions of all 13 states openly declared it so), and after the revolution we the people of the original Christian states established and ratified the Constitution and formed the new national government.
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In contrast, those who feel/are oriented toward looking to Judeo-Christian guidance on issues of law, morality, justice, freedom, life, family and civil society, esteeming the the Bible, the Declaration, the Constitution and our Christian founding and heritage, are excluded as being a protected class by Facebook, and who censors them and allow to be maligned, etc. Which position FB should formally state.
Title somehow is missing Meta Terms of Service
Meta is the parent company of major social media platforms like Facebook, Instagram, WhatsApp, and Threads.
Does my mantra of citing ‘the true pandemic’ count?
After all, it applies equally to those who wrote that tripe.
It matters not since I refuse to participate in their various schemes...
...until they reach into my life, at which time I **** ** * **** ****** *** * **** *******.
Ping Admin Moderator to change it
How nice of them to “allow commentary on and criticism of immigration policies”, aka invasion of millions of unvetted young men across wide open borders. How nice of them. Spit.
Aaannd THAT, folks, is why I have not been a member of ANY social media except X for over 10 years.
I have an account only for two reasons. To sell sometimes on Marketplace, and to keep in touch with relatives. I got 17 followers and I’m not trying for more.
I don’t discuss politics with my relatives on Facebook.
Facebook is rather fascist in its free speech, and I don’t use it for politics.
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