15 Ways To Determine If Your Facebook Post Contains Hate Speech
It uses derogatory language to describe a person, animal, country, race, religious group, publication, restaurant chain, political regime, oil company, etc.
It makes you chuckle wickedly while pressing your fingertips together, Emperor Palpatine-style.
Your mom would purse her lips and look down if you read it to her.
It’s in reference to a political pundit’s smokey eye look.
It’s a strong opposition to your uncle Fred’s opinion, who lives in [red state] and “pays taxes.”
It’s written in Pig Latin, because that’s offensive to Latin speakers.
It goes against what one mom in your local mom Facebook group fervently believes, which will no doubt lead to all your kid’s upcoming playdates being canceled.
It pokes fun at Mark Zuckerberg, his family, or anyone he’s ever worked with at Facebook (unless he’s not a huge fan of them, either).
It’s a meme of a dumpster fire with the name of anyone/thing from list point 1 written on top and an arrow pointing to the dumpster fire.
Your cover photo or profile picture background is a “controversial” flag.
You once worked as a journalist for a far left or far right-leaning publication.
Your Twitter account is currently suspended.
You copied and pasted it from a famous person’s Twitter account which was subsequently suspended.
Dennis Miller would give it a thumbs up.
You’re a comedian.
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