| I copied the text from the following and pasted it into the engine via your web site: https://www.goodreads.com/quotes/tag/freedom-of-speech I then deleted sections randomly (mostly from the tail) to see what effect this would have on the rating. The rankings seem to shift radically with what would seem like insignificant edits to a body of text. The following text ranks as 92% "hatefulness". Then, removing only the text "HomeMy Books Browse Community Sign" (which I would think are not 'hateful' in any way) the ranking of "hatefulness" drops to 39%. I realize the technical challenges that must be involved so I'm not really surprised at the behavior. But I will say that I question the merits of attempting to detect "hate speech" in the first place. Assume that this tool were to eventually reach a state where it could detect "hate" with absolute precision. Then what? What purposes shall it be used for? I can not imagine a single purpose that I personally would endorse. The notion of subjectively ranking the free speech of any other individual for any purposes whatsoever is repugnant to me. [* BEGIN SAMPLE ]
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“I disapprove of what you say, but I will defend to the death your right to say it.”
― S.G. Tallentyre, The Friends of Voltaire
tags: disagreement, evelyn-beatrice-hall, freedom-of-speech, freedom-of-thought, misattributed-to-voltaire Oscar Wilde
“I may not agree with you, but I will defend to the death your right to make an ass of yourself.”
― Oscar Wilde
tags: freedom-of-speech, paraphrased, self-expression
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Like Henry Louis Gates Jr.
“Censorship is to art as lynching is to justice.”
― Henry Louis Gates Jr.
tags: african-american, american, censorship, freedom-of-speech, freedom-of-thought, freedom-to-read, literary
1067 likes
Like Theodore Roosevelt
“To announce that there must be no criticism of the President, or that we are to stand by the President, right or wrong, is not only unpatriotic and servile, but is morally treasonable to the American public.”
― Theodore Roosevelt
tags: dissent, freedom-of-speech, truth-telling
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Like George Washington
“If freedom of speech is taken away, then dumb and silent we may be led, like sheep to the slaughter.”
― George Washington Harry Truman
“Once a government is committed to the principle of silencing the voice of opposition, it has only one way to go, and that is down the path of increasingly repressive measures, until it becomes a source of terror to all its citizens and creates a country where everyone lives in fear." [Special Message to the Congress on the Internal Security of the United States, August 8, 1950]”
― Harry Truman Christopher Hitchens
“My own opinion is enough for me, and I claim the right to have it defended against any consensus, any majority, anywhere, any place, any time. And anyone who disagrees with this can pick a number, get in line, and kiss my ass.”
― Christopher Hitchens Jess C. Scott
“Hypocrites get offended by the truth.”
― Jess C. Scott, Bad Romance: Seven Deadly Sins Anthology
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Online gaming is another area where hate speech is big problem and a tool like this would encourage participation and possibly detect toxic players that don't help to grow communities.
Here are some articles related to the problem:
https://www.bloomberg.com/politics/articles/2017-03-14/germa...
http://www.dw.com/en/germany-to-force-facebook-twitter-to-de...
https://www.nytimes.com/2016/07/20/movies/leslie-jones-star-...
https://nobullying.com/six-unforgettable-cyber-bullying-case...