The Social Justice Network: Facebook announces sweeping new restrictions on criticism of protected groups.

City Journal ^ | July 22, 2021 | Arthur Milikh

[karpov]

The battle over permissible speech in American society was helpfully, and predictably, elaborated by Facebook last week in an update to its “hate speech” rules. The social media giant’s changes are a signal of the new limits being placed on political expression and the freedom of the mind. Other major American institutions are almost sure to follow its lead.

Until recently, most online platforms largely defined “hate speech” as speech that could lead to imminent physical harm. But Facebook now demands that its users “not post” speech critical of “concepts, institutions, ideas, practices, or beliefs associated with protected characteristics, which are likely to contribute to imminent physical harm, intimidation or discrimination against the people associated with that protected characteristic.”

“Protected characteristics,” according to Facebook, include “race, ethnicity, national origin, disability, religious affiliation, caste, sexual orientation, sex, gender identity and serious disease.” On its face, this sounds neutral and universally applicable. Yet anyone following the matter knows that it is inconceivable, for instance, that Facebook would ban critiques of “cisgenderism,” a concept whose purpose is to attack heterosexuality and the legitimacy of the generative family. It is similarly unimaginable that protected groups would be blocked from criticizing American constitutionalism as a construct of “whiteness.” Oppressor groups, after all, do not possess “protected characteristics.”

Discrimination once meant denying housing, access to public accommodations, or employment to people based on immutable characteristics. This, of course, was corrected by civil rights laws. But discrimination now means speech that protected groups find insulting. In other words, the last place where discrimination exists is in the minds of oppressor groups.

This new view of discrimination conflicts with the basic requirements of political liberty. It means, for instance, that speech defending the traditional family harms the self-respect of LGBTQ people;

[Juana la Loca]

Earlier this week in a local FB group, someone posted a pic of a snake that was in their yard and they wanted help identifying what kind it was. My answer was “black rat snake or black racer” and it was blocked by FB.

[DoughtyOne]

I’ve tried to tell my family. The response...

Oh all my friends are there.

I have an account there, but I hardly ever go there.

[dfwgator]

I just go there now to make sure that nobody died.

[DoughtyOne]

LOL

My folks were like that in their later years.

They seemed to attend a funeral about every two weeks. although
that is and exaggeration... I think.

[DoughtyOne]

My parents were both past presidents of the San Fernando
Valley Airstream Club.

They knew a lot of people from that and just life in general.

[upchuck]

Thanks for the post karpov.

This is the Farcebook Is Evil ping list.

h/t pookie18's cartoons

Facebook is a perfect example of socialism:
You get it for free but the quality sucks.
You have no say in how it works.
The guy who runs it gets rich.
There's no real competition.
You have no privacy.
And if you say one thing they don't like
they'll shut you up.

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[roving]

The only thing allowed to be posted is what you had for dinner

[Fred Hayek]

Many corporations go to the Facebook accounts of employees and applicants for monitoring. Lack of a Facebook account is a major red flag. Believe it or not, so is a “plain vanilla “ Facebook page. Now one must show allegiance to the CPUSA (Democrats).

[Harpotoo]

I got deleted 2 days ago and I couldn’t be happier. I feel sorry for my lib friends that I can’t report real news for dem anymore but what the hay. They are placid flaccid sheep any darn way:-)

[cgbg]

I bet hate speech against white people and straight males is just fine...

[cgbg]

Lack of a Facebook account is a major red flag.

It should be a red flag. Corporations want stupid obedient drones. Intelligent and independent employees might uncover corporate wrongdoing.

[Tunehead54]

Until recently, most online platforms largely defined “hate speech” as speech that could lead to imminent physical harm. But Facebook now demands that its users “not post” speech critical of “concepts, institutions, ideas, practices, or beliefs associated with protected characteristics, which are likely to contribute to imminent physical harm, intimidation or discrimination against the people associated with that protected characteristic.”

“Protected characteristics,” according to Facebook, include “race, ethnicity, national origin, disability, religious or political affiliation, caste, sexual orientation, sex, gender identity and serious disease.”

One minor edit - all fixed. ;-)