THIS CAMPAIGN AIMS TO DENOUNCE
ANONYMOUS HATE SPEECH.
ONE COULD ARGUE THAT MODERN DAY CULTURE
HAS SHUNNED PUBLIC VOCAL HARASSMENT.
MAKING FUN OF ANOTHER HUMAN
HAS BECOME LESS OF A NORM,
AND MORE SOCIALLY UNACCEPTABLE.
MANY PUBLIC CAMPAIGNS PLEDGE
FRIENDLINESS TOWARDS ONE ANOTHER AND ENCOURAGE ACTS OF KINDNESS.
YET THEIR LIES A DISCREPANCY
BETWEEN THE PROMOTION OF PUBLIC KINDNESS
AND THE PROMOTION OF ANONYMOUS KINDNESS.
AS RECENTLY SEEN ON COLLEGE CAMPUSES
IN THE CASE OF YIK YAK, AN ANONYMOUS SOCIAL MEDIA
THAT RELAYS MESSAGES TO THOSE IN GEOGRAPHIC PROXIMITY,
WHEN GIVEN THE OPPORTUNITY TO POST ANONYMOUSLY,
PEOPLE OFTEN EXPRESS HATEFUL COMMENTS.
BUT IT'S TIME FOR THIS TO CHANGE.
IT'S TIME TO END THE HATEFUL COMMENTS
AND THE
ANONYMOUS, INCONSIDERATE, HATEFUL
TREATMENT OF INDIVIDUALS ON SOCIAL MEDIA
BY TAKING THIS PLEDGE, STUDENTS VOW TO ONLY USE ANONYMOUS SPEECH IN WAYS THAT BENEFIT THE GREATER GOOD
OR, IN SHORT,
THAT DO NOT CAUSE HARM TO OTHERS.
END THE HATEFUL SPEECH NOW.
TAKE THE PLEDGE.
ANONYMOUS HATE SPEECH.
ONE COULD ARGUE THAT MODERN DAY CULTURE
HAS SHUNNED PUBLIC VOCAL HARASSMENT.
MAKING FUN OF ANOTHER HUMAN
HAS BECOME LESS OF A NORM,
AND MORE SOCIALLY UNACCEPTABLE.
MANY PUBLIC CAMPAIGNS PLEDGE
FRIENDLINESS TOWARDS ONE ANOTHER AND ENCOURAGE ACTS OF KINDNESS.
YET THEIR LIES A DISCREPANCY
BETWEEN THE PROMOTION OF PUBLIC KINDNESS
AND THE PROMOTION OF ANONYMOUS KINDNESS.
AS RECENTLY SEEN ON COLLEGE CAMPUSES
IN THE CASE OF YIK YAK, AN ANONYMOUS SOCIAL MEDIA
THAT RELAYS MESSAGES TO THOSE IN GEOGRAPHIC PROXIMITY,
WHEN GIVEN THE OPPORTUNITY TO POST ANONYMOUSLY,
PEOPLE OFTEN EXPRESS HATEFUL COMMENTS.
BUT IT'S TIME FOR THIS TO CHANGE.
IT'S TIME TO END THE HATEFUL COMMENTS
AND THE
ANONYMOUS, INCONSIDERATE, HATEFUL
TREATMENT OF INDIVIDUALS ON SOCIAL MEDIA
BY TAKING THIS PLEDGE, STUDENTS VOW TO ONLY USE ANONYMOUS SPEECH IN WAYS THAT BENEFIT THE GREATER GOOD
OR, IN SHORT,
THAT DO NOT CAUSE HARM TO OTHERS.
END THE HATEFUL SPEECH NOW.
TAKE THE PLEDGE.