Liberals like Cook and Co. support diversity but not diversity in thought.
Anything against their agenda is “hate”.
Anything against their agenda is “hate”.
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Apple CEO Tim Cook on Hate Speech: 'You Have No Place on Our Platform'
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You do realize the Q in LGBTQ was considered "hate speech" not long ago, don't you?
Desperate to find the whataboutism, huh? Farrakhan is horrible, but he's a very spent force. Only good for a fetish from the white side. Does Farrakhan have a podcast on Apple where he says those things? I don't think so. I guess I don't listen to the same rapey black music you do.
Apple wasn’t created primarily with tax payer money. The internet as we know it was. Flawed argument.
You can always not buy Apple products and come to this forum if you don’t like cook and co. For his beliefs. Go on.
Well Macrumors, you guys have indeed chosen the right category for this article. "Politics"
Extra "Moderation-Kudos" for that to the admin, it is safely contained here
I wouldn't touch that topic with a ten-foot pole.
Extra "Moderation-Kudos" for that to the admin, it is safely contained here
I wouldn't touch that topic with a ten-foot pole.
It's kind of a signature, isn't it. It all fits together in a primitive world view.
Division is just the nature of the beast with politics now. Negative ads are so prevalent because all of the research shows they are the ones that work. This utopia that idealists seem to want to strive for us to achieve is just not practical. I don't fault them for wanting it, but it's just not realistic to expect it.
So unless they are going to get rid of everything from both sides (which obviously shouldn't happen) it's always going to look like a subjective half measure that opens them up to claims of censorship. Which is why they should not be in the business of curating the content at all.
So unless they are going to get rid of everything from both sides (which obviously shouldn't happen) it's always going to look like a subjective half measure that opens them up to claims of censorship. Which is why they should not be in the business of curating the content at all.
Well Macrumors, you guys have indeed chosen the right category for this article. "Politics"
Extra "Moderation-Kudos" for that to the admin, it is safely contained here
I wouldn't touch that topic with a ten-foot pole.
Well, Tim did, and God bless him.
I believe in some things that Cook does and others I think are outrageous. His “censorship” by a team of hypersensitive Californians sitting in a room moderating everything to whatever fits their side of the political spectrum is one that I disagree with.
And thanks for making my point.
Maybe the problem is with you, who can't seem to differentiate between a respectful argument and curses and lies being hurled at each other.
If you need an excuse to publicly despise on another persons belief and world view who is not physically or economically harming anyone then you can log out of his forum, sell your Apple product and go use other products and services. No one is forcing you to side with Cook and Apple
Technically, it is censorship. It is also Apple's right to do so.
The challenge is that right now the topic of censorship is 'hate speech'... whatever that means to Apple. What's next? Religion? News outside of Apples 'approved' list of providers? Where does this end? Who gets to choose the next topic for elimination?
This thread has restored my faith in humanity. I have thought that we irreversibly got lost into a horror of political correctness.
There is a good old quote which says: "I do not agree with the single word you said, but I will to the death defend your right to say it".
There is a good old quote which says: "I do not agree with the single word you said, but I will to the death defend your right to say it".
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It's notable that the members who normally come to MacRumors just to bash Apple and Tim Cook are among those defending hate speech.
How do YOU define 'hate speech'?
So, because the internet is regulated by the federal government (and now paid for and regulated by corporations) you're opposed to the free exchange of information and ideas?
It’s just as accurate as saying there is music promoting white supremacy. Honestly, this is just more evidence of their bias when it comes to what’s right and wrong.
I definitely agree with you, however, that tons of music promotes assault, stereotyping cops and promoting revenge on them, spousal abuse, etc.
This is why they shouldn’t be taking a side at all and just let musicians do their thing. No matter how sickening some music is out there, I don’t think it should be removed. The second you do that, you’re entering gray area founded on opinion, not fact.
Hate speech definitely exists, but it's hard to define - which is why it's dangerous to ban "hate speech" because there's really no way to determine what it constitutes. There's also that "pesky" First Amendment.
We as a society need to stop trying to ban words and speech, if for no other reason than it allows us to identify who the a$$holes are.
I don’t think you realize what the ‘Q’ means.
The hate and vileness we see today is a mirror reflection of the population.
And its acceptance, like some in here, is nothing but an extension of the same.
Paraphrasing, "Mirror, mirror, on the wall who is the most hateful and vile of them all?"
And its acceptance, like some in here, is nothing but an extension of the same.
Paraphrasing, "Mirror, mirror, on the wall who is the most hateful and vile of them all?"
The fact that a stand against hate speech can bring forward so many people opposed to that opposition just goes to show that there's still so much work to do.
I just wanted to chime in with this quote from the article:
“our values drive our curation decisions.“
And remind anyone who’s thinking about bringing up the wages of the factory workers that this article is about morals related to their curation.
“our values drive our curation decisions.“
And remind anyone who’s thinking about bringing up the wages of the factory workers that this article is about morals related to their curation.