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Strong rec hpoe · 2020-12 · on “AI researcher Timnit Gebru resigns from Google”

May I direct you to watch Daryl Davis's ted talk or really anything he speaks about. [this video] For context he is a black man that has gotten over a hundred leaders of the KKK, including former convicts to leave the Klan. Not by arguing with them, not be reasoning, not by showing them the effects of their behaviour, but instead by sitting down, talking with them and becoming their friend. In a nutshell this one man has probably done more to combat racism, than all the angry tweets on twitter combined.

Strong rec sebmellen · 2021-01 · on “Amazon, Apple and Google Cut Off Parler”

Interesting question. I don't think these two concepts are in opposition. Of course, exposure to a toxic ideological viewpoint is poisonous for the recipient, and may in fact entice them to become more toxic themselves (if they are swayed by said reasoning). But a crucial part of the societal contract is to tolerate such toxic viewpoints so as to have the opportunity to redeem those who hold them. In other words, by eating a little bit of the poison ourselves, we are granted the opportunity to save that person from their own poison, by showing compassion and empathy towards them. People who have hate in their hearts are not entirely bad people. Everyone was once a child, everyone has experie

Strong rec hpoe · 2021-11 · on “Facebook Makes Us Know Too Much About Each Other”

Interestingly enough that is what Daryl Davis decided to do to start fighting racism, got over a dozen members, including a grand wizard, to leave the Klan. I'd recommend watching his TedTalk it really helped me understand how to better work with others, and how to bring about understanding. [this video]

Recommends PavlovsCat · 2018-12 · on “Patreon Bars Anti-Feminist for Racist Speech, Inciting Revolt”

> I'm not sure why people expect platforms that have ToS to be robotic about them. Being fair, being open, being honest isn't being "robotic". Treating people like more than something to exploit and throw away is what I would consider "robotic". The constant "it's a private company, brain off", that's what is robotic. > Companies are run by people. People get uncomfortable when you become known for spraying around racial epithets, and some are not going to want to work with you. Yeah, people. Not necessarily adult people. Take this man, for example: [this video] Do you honestly think you know or have anything he doesn't? Wouldn't you rather think it's the other way around? If you stand aside as m

Cites controversy · 2020-08 · on “Brazil Bolsonaro: Facebook told to block accounts of president’s supporters”

Don't prohibit speech. That's it. Repugnance is part of life. If you suppress speech, you only push it underground. Light is the best disinfectant. Daryl Davis, a black musician, attends Klan rallies ( [this video] ). By knowing who to speak with, he's helped people out of that racist pit. I extend speech so far to include calls to violence. Then you know who to watch and who to protect. Hiding this does nothing but make intel harder to get. You can't try to prevent radicalization, because you've pushed it so far out of the light, it might as well be a mole. They'll still eat the roots of your modern democracy, but you'll be surprised.

Cites sleepysysadmin · 2021-10 · on “How Facebook Hides How Terrible It Is with Hate Speech”

>What concerns me is that not everyone agrees that we need to end bigotry, but if you and I agree on that one point, then great. Thanks If you drill down into the worst bigots, you will break them. [this video] Bigotry is over, we know the solution. Today is the least bigoted day in the history of north america. What you are experiencing and why you think bigotry hasn't ended is the false narrative. It's a narrative in which intersectionalists are pushing. The end goal is not equality or egalitarianism but rather creating a new caste system where they are at the top.

Cites incomingpain · 2022-03 · on “The dispute between radical feminism and transgenderism (2014)”

>I agree with your points so much, all of them. Honestly expected to get banned for my view. People are being banned off social media for far far less. >What do you think might be some better possibilities than the current mess? Some think the fix is straight forward, stop ostracizing people. This isn't just trans, it's all the usual 'cant discriminate against' and if we simply stop saying bad words that it'll be all better. That seems on the face like it would fix the problem; but clearly hasn't over how many decades now? The problem is that this approach is literally causing the problem. How about the baddest word of them all, the N-word. You dont dare say it. Has this done anything at all

Cites incomingpain · 2022-05 · on “Ask HN: Readings on Paradox of Tolerance?”

Kind of reminds me of something i read recently about the more tolerant you become, the less your brain may function or else you risk offending. That largely speaking the social media censorship is not about influencing politics but rather trying not to offend. The far left and far right agree with the paradox for the opposite reason. In terms of the paradox... it's not a paradox at all. You have to consider the contemporary context of the assertion. 1945 was post-ww2 and tolerating the lutherans early on eventually evolved to something terrible: [LINK] At what point in your society do you no longer tolerate their intolerance and potentially stop a holocaust? If you do it too soon, you're go