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Facebook flags US Declaration of Independence as hate speech – reports

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14 pointsAnatMl27 comments

I would be interested to know why anyone would consider it hate speech. Maybe some of the things the founders said or did could be considered that when looking at it through the lens of modern society. But aside from the King of England, who does it inspire hate against?

From the Article:

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"Specifically flagged were paragraphs 27 through to 31 of the declaration, which detail the complaints the founding fathers have with King George III."

"The passage contains racist language, stating: "He has excited domestic insurrections amongst us, and has endeavoured to bring on the inhabitants of our frontiers, the merciless Indian Savages whose known rule of warfare, is an undistinguished destruction of all ages, sexes and conditions."

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Calling out any ethnic group as "merciless savages" is considered to be a slur today.

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It is hate speech. But, it's historically significant hate speech.

Really? Is that where we are now at?

There comes a point where the entire western world act like spoiled teens, hating the people who gave them what they have.

Thank you.

Good, bad, or ugly, it is a historical document written at a time when it "seemed like a good idea." AI is going to be AI and how you train it is what it does.

There should be nothing surprising about an AI program detecting the ethnically abusive language in the DoI and flagging it.

Did they fix it? Yes. Does this make the whole DoI worthless? No, and we should be fit to learn from mistakes of the past and treasure what is good.

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I am not sure what historians / sociologists call it, but there seems to be a window of time where artifacts / philosophies become not just obsolete, but are considered deserving of obliteration.

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