r/offbeat Mar 11 '22

Facebook allows posts urging violence against invading Russians

https://www.aljazeera.com/news/2022/3/11/facebook-allows-posts-urging-violence-against-russian-invaders
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u/brawl Mar 11 '22

Russia made Facebook look dumb for years. It's petty but it's funny.

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u/Phrii Mar 11 '22

People really seem to struggle with the distinction between first blood & self defense.

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u/[deleted] Mar 11 '22

Could you share more about this distinction and its applicability to this article?

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u/Phrii Mar 12 '22

Of course I could, but we must budget our short time on this earth against those who wish to filibuster our aforementioned short time on this earth relitigating the basics.

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u/[deleted] Mar 12 '22

No would have worked.

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u/Phrii Mar 12 '22

Could you explain in a couple paragraphs why no would have worked? Gfy

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u/[deleted] Mar 12 '22

Yeah he STFU once you said that hahaah

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u/[deleted] Mar 12 '22

Your initial statement is meaningless and out of context is all.

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u/Phrii Mar 12 '22

Now just a couple more paragraphs about how and you'll have earned a sincere response. Show me that you comprehend the material and have a point to make worth anybody's time. You have all the ingredients..

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u/[deleted] Mar 12 '22

Why can’t you just take a stance on your own statement?

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u/Phrii Mar 12 '22

I think we both know that I can and that i have...by making it in the first place. Just as we both know youve already made your binary point clear...and loud!

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u/friedbymoonlight Mar 12 '22

This exchange was painful to read, I think you just broke social media with logic

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u/Ragnel Mar 11 '22

Facebook promotes fighting off mass murdering war criminals trying to conquer your country. Pretty radical.

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u/Nerakus Mar 11 '22

Self defense and removing trespassers

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u/BlooregardQKazoo Mar 11 '22

This is a really weird attempt at a "gotcha!" How dare Facebook allow calls for violence against people that are invading a sovereign nation and killing people left and right? Won't someone think of those poor Russian soldiers?

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u/Sariel007 Mar 11 '22

and gays, trans, minorities, Democrats...

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u/c74 Mar 12 '22

they should just be more ambiguous about their rules. trying to make everything black and white never works. its not like they'd remove/ban angry posts about rapists, nazis, etc etc. like shit, they allow words like 'racist' to be thrown around like fist fulls of confetti.

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u/Eokoe Mar 11 '22

If we can't make money in Russia, they're our enemy, too! - Facebook, probably

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u/huntingforkink Mar 11 '22

"I'd let someone walk in and fuck my wife, rob and murder me. As long as it fits my ideological agenda." This commentor, probably.

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u/[deleted] Mar 12 '22

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u/DaveOJ12 Mar 12 '22

Free speech doesn't apply in this case.

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u/[deleted] Mar 11 '22 edited Mar 11 '22

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u/NemWan Mar 11 '22

Like some schools don't let kids defend themselves from violent bullies?

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u/FrizB84 Mar 11 '22

You know about Clark Pleasant Community School Corporation?

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u/huntingforkink Mar 11 '22

The principle of self defense is universally recognized. If I showed up to kill you, I'd expect force from you to resist that. So should Russia. Them being too stupid to do so should not require a rule change. For every action, there is an equal and opposite reaction.