LiveJournal deletes all accounts with "gay marriage" listed as an interest

[reality_hammer]

Covering both bases, LJ states that it was time for them to go:
"Obviously we need to continue to protect people from harm," stated LiveJournal's CEO Frank DeGoat. "And since gay marriage is illegal in many states, and criticizing gay marriage is clearly hate speech we covered both bases by deleting all journals that listed that as an interest

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[kc_anathema]

My goodness, I can actually see the logic in that, and that scares me.

[reality_hammer]

It's all about the bottom line, baby!

[sandmanofcs]

I wonder if criticizing gay marriage works both ways. If someone calls someone a hatemonger for not believing in gay marriage, isn't that considered hate speech?

What about those to are belonging to Islam and they call for the destruction of Israel, isn't that hate speech?

Something tells me that LJ will become a lot better. With all the people who talk out of both sides of their mouths being gone.

[felinoid]

> Something tells me that LJ will become a lot better. With all the people who talk out of both sides of their mouths being gone.

The CEO isn't going anywhere.

Besides for the moment hate speech isn't the issue.
LJs abuse team went after all pedophile sites. That includes support for victims of, fan fiction where the characters are kids in the original stories but adults in the fan fiction. Etc.

Basicly anything even remotely similar to pedophiles.
(Yet some how the anime feed I'm subscribed to survived)

In this context LJ would be banning anyone who was talking ABOUT hate speech, pro or con.

[wingguy]

Hey wait a minute. LJ thinks they need to protect me from the expression of some opinions? And they will be deciding which opinions are harmful? And they think this policy will enhance shareholder value? Well don't count on me being a shareholder.

[felinoid]

Some people are out of the loop and actually think LJ is doing this.

The scarry part is someone is trying to argue in favor of it.

[blackwolfalpha1]

Frank DeGoat. I heard that his coats are at the Dry Cleaners and are pure goat's hair.