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by klipt 1330 days ago
It's funny how "KillAllMen" trended on Twitter and that wasn't considered hate speech, but calling a woman a man is?

Actually I guess that's consistent, if you think men are lesser beings who deserve to be killed, then it makes sense you would also think that the worst possible thing you can do to a woman is call them a man.

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There's some graffiti near where I live:

"Trans rights are human rights!"

Okay, great! And then on the next wall, in the same colour so presumably by the same people:

"Kill all men!"

Exactly. Several types of deep hate, sometimes even death threats, are allowed on Twitter: general hate towards all men, all whites, specifically white men. It also matters who expresses the hate, more is allowed from non-whites, trans people, feminists, etc.