Re: Streaming platform Twitch bans the word ‘Zion ist’ as a proxy for spreading hate toward Jews and Israel is

Jhulian Waldby <[email protected]> Wed, 20 Nov 2024 20:59:25 -0600
Newsgroups alt.slack,talk.politics.misc,alt.censorship,comp.sys.ibm.pc.games.action,alt.politics,soc.culture.israel
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D. Ray wrote:
> A livestreaming platform popular among video gamers updated its hate speech
> policy Friday to ban the word “Zionist” when used as a coded slur directed
> at individuals or groups of people.
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> <https://www.jta.org/2024/11/18/united-states/streaming-platform-twitch-bans-the-word-zionist-as-a-proxy-for-spreading-hate-toward-jews-and-israelis>
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> <https://archive.md/vC1au>
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Now if we could get it into social policy.  Every time someone launches 
into an anti-semite they talk about the cruel Zionist masters.  It's 
like the first character in a Predator code.  Go with what you know... 
Then draw back the whip and hit em again and they'll usually come up 
with something less unoriginal.