Facebook Allows Hate Speech Against Fat People | HuffPost

The entire purpose of the above groups is to propagate hate speech against fat people, specifically women. Can you imagine similar slurs being cast on any other group? Yes, you can. That’s why Facebook is so rigorous in removing groups that attack federally protected minorities. That’s fantastic—except lots of minority groups that aren’t federally protected under the EEO laws, including gay or transgendered people, and Facebook appears to have silenced hate-groups against them. And it’s not because there isn’t a single person on Facebook who hates gay or transgender people enough to take two minutes to start a group. It’s more likely that every time a group of that nature pops up, it’s very rightfully flagged and removed.