Social Media Companies; Giving Hate A Platform

     In the not too distant past, mere decades ago, hate mongers did not have the broad platform they have now to spread their idiotic messages. Some of these hate obsessed people passed out pamphlets or other printed materials that hardly anyone saw or read. Social media made it possible for hate mongers to spread their messages and reach a far greater audience. It does not have to be this way. Private sector corporations are under no obligation to give hate mongers and half baked lunatics an audience. All over the internet, including in the comment sections of news articles and in videos,  unadulterated hate finds its home. Social media companies eager for money have given hate mongers and bigots a reach and platform they never had before. Free speech does not mean an obligation by these companies to give hatred and bigotry a platform. Even though some of these companies are starting to reign in some of the bigotry and hatred they have allowed so freely to spread, it is too little too late. They need to start spending some of their easy to obtain riches on hiring people to put a check on the poison they have allowed to spread. No one should be surprised when the outcome of dehumanizing, degrading and demonizing other people leads to actual acts of violence and death.