Facebook founder Mark Zuckerberg posted to make sure Muslims didn’t get their feelings hurt after the horrible Paris attack, and the terrible San Bernardino attack, because that’s what’s important here.
Here’s the full text of Zuckerberg’s post to Muslims:
I want to add my voice in support of Muslims in our community and around the world.
After the Paris attacks and hate this week, I can only imagine the fear Muslims feel that they will be persecuted for the actions of others.
As a Jew, my parents taught me that we must stand up against attacks on all communities. Even if an attack isn’t against you today, in time attacks on freedom for anyone will hurt everyone.
If you’re a Muslim in this community, as the leader of Facebook I want you to know that you are always welcome here and that we will fight to protect your rights and create a peaceful and safe environment for you.
Having a child has given us so much hope, but the hate of some can make it easy to succumb to cynicism. We must not lose hope. As long as we stand together and see the good in each other, we can build a better world for all people.
It’s gotten more than a million likes.
Incredibly, he doesn’t even mention San Bernardino. He just calls it “the hate this week.” It’s like he is more concerned about Parisians than Americans, and he’s clearly much more concerned that Muslims might get their feelings hurt than that Westerners get slaughtered by Muslims.
In their reporting on the post, Buzzfeed seems to be pushing them into censoring anti-Muslim posts:
Facebook CEO Mark Zuckerberg promised Wednesday to create a safe environment for Muslims — but the company told BuzzFeed News that his promise won’t extend to blocking political speech in what has become, at times, an openly Islamophobic Republic primary campaign.
And since that wasn’t enough, they specifically pointed him to Trump’s post!!
Asked if Trump would be removed from the platform for political speech that arguably fits Facebook’s definition of hate speech, a Facebook spokesperson responded:
When we review reports of content that may violate our policies, we take context into consideration. That context can include the value of political discourse. Many people are voicing opinions about this particular content and it has become an important part of the conversation around who the next U.S. president will be. For those reasons, we are carefully reviewing each report and surrounding context relating to this content on a case by case basis.
The statement reflects the deep tension between Facebook’s goal of creating a safe space for users…
Is anyone even calling for this or did the geniuses at Buzzfeed just think it up themselves?