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bah: name-calling is NOT the same thing as "hate speech", and claiming it is, is sysopism
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::It was in your previous edit. --[[User:Juxo|Juxo]] 13:54, 26 Jul 2004 (EEST) | ::It was in your previous edit. --[[User:Juxo|Juxo]] 13:54, 26 Jul 2004 (EEST) | ||
:Since [[libel chill]] is his standard method, are you supposed to be grateful? You can't be sued for [[libel]], as what is said is true, anyway. Don't wallow in the mud to that swine Mr. Wales, he has engaged in plenty of real [[libel]] himself. We don't allow [[outing]] or [[spun threat]]s here, so the [[worst practices]] just don't happen. | |||
:::"Swine" is [[name-calling]], not [[hate speech]]. The latter is a crime in many countries. The former is not. It was part of a [[conceptual metaphor]] re: "wallow" anyway, implying that Mr. Wales wallows plenty himself and ought not to be kowtowed to. It is totally true that he has employed [[libel chill]] as a method - he admitted it on his own [[vile mailing list]]. And hopefully this is still true: | |||
:We don't allow [[outing]] or [[spun threat]]s here, so the [[worst practices]] just don't happen. | |||
:::[[Trolls]] are mean and nasty but they recognize the limits of the law and have never actually threatened violence. Meanwhile many people threaten both violence and legal actions that amount to violent suppression, against them - quite a reactionary response to simple [[name-calling]], which is itself quite a limited and fair response to [[libel]]. | |||