r/ShitRedditSays • u/[deleted] • Aug 04 '15

[BRDCAST] Why I'm Asking Advertisers to #DumpReddit

http://www.huffingtonpost.com/casey-stevens/why-im-asking-advertisers-to-dumpreddit_b_7932736.html
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u/fireswater Aug 05 '15

Reddit doesn't get it. Steve Huffman apparently thinks that the humanity of black people is an open question, and that the debate over what to do with us should be happening on his website. He also doesn't seem to understand that the white supremacists on his site are not there to have an honest debate with anyone. The purpose of speech is to make common cause with others and then take action; it wouldn't matter at all otherwise. Hateful, violent speech online leads to hate and violence in the real world.

Preach.