FB Hate Pages Spawn More Hate Sites

The end of the week doesn’t mean the end of hate, especially on Facebook. Although the I Kill Gays For Fun Facebook page was discovered almost almost two weeks ago (and since Wednesday has been taken down) it has recently been “discovered” by sites such as Firedog Lake and Joe.My.God. The fact that it had 139 “likes” is disturbing to many. 

But why should it be? 

The beauty of Facebook is how it brings everything and everyone in life together: it can be as boring or inspirational, as mundane or exciting as its participants. Its situations and comments are bound not by a qwerty imagination, but by, well … nothing. But it can also limit, contain, restrain – by mutual interest and consent: those 139 “likes” are probably all Facebook friends. 

And therein lies the problem: Facebook spillover. Hate pages and their fans/followers/likes spawn lesser sites and more comments than one can imagine. And like a televangelist who demonizes one group of people, the site originator knows that one hate site trumps a thousand “we must love” sites by its effectiveness and sheer intensity. READMORE