No, hate speech is targeting someone for how they were born. (Skin color, sexual orientatio, gender identity, ect.) Reacting to someone saying stupid shit is not hate speech and dilutes the meaning of the word to use it that way.
Comment on YouTube removes 'gender identity' from hate speech policy
cotlovan@lemm.ee 2 days agoOf course everyone is allowed to speak their mind. But being called names for not supporting a particular point of view sounds like hate speech to me, wouldn’t you agree?
suite403@lemmy.world 1 day ago
slackassassin@sh.itjust.works 2 days ago
Hmmm, checks out. I guess the technology platform, YouTube, should get right on that after they straighten out this horrible policy change.