Last week I sent a note to a DA director. I´ll paste it downhere:


Daniel:

I saw your gallery through a ~Antifascists journal.
As far as I know, I'm aware that you are in charge or in the Policy violation team.
This user ~Antifascists, shows into his latest journal a serie of images uploaded by other deviants (or even communities) with a clear nazi ideology.
He has complained of this situation with a deviantart director, but the answer he got was that the nazi speech was a 'free speech', and that it couldn't be forbidden.
I started to browse through different galleries and I saw tons of nazi, fascist material. This situation only filled me with powerlessness.
In many countries of the world, the swastica image is forbidden, even under jail penalties, as also the denial of the Holocaust.
In moments like these, I wonder if you are aware of this, if you know the existence of this material, or if you are playing dumb with it.
This material IS offensive. Not only for jewish deviants, it's offensive for everyone against racism, fascism and murder.
Deviantart is not about politics, it's about art, as far as I know. I really don't know how you let this people here. You have banned deviants for insignificant stuff comparing with this issue.
I don't know if I'll achieve something with this note. But you would be very polite if you give me an answer.

Regards.

Benjamin Furland



All answer I get from that was the follow:


FAQ #303: I've noticed a deviant with offensive beliefs or a submission with an offensive theme- why haven't they been removed? explains our policies towards this sort of situation.


After that I sent an email to the Simon Wiesenthal Center notifiyng this situation.

--
The Hollowone
It´s a shame that stupidity isn´t painful...

greets from austria
smrt fasizmu svoboda narodu
death to facism freedom to the people

oh sweetie
things are hard
its the price of free speech
racist slur should not be tolerated... and things like "fuck the jews" is racist slur

their insane bigoted opinions and their uninspiring, boring, cliched nazi art however can be tolerated.

we cant take em all down because despite their beliefs... some are only showing off their swatikas and saying the love hitler, and they have every right.

they dont have the right to slur others though...

like my mamma sez all the time

"it you aint got nuttin beneficial to say... then dont waste ur breath on it.. it changes nothing."

so yes, racist speech should be banned.

nazis in general... may.. (may) be tolerated.

and the holocaust nedial debate shouldnt even be on DA in the rst place, they ought to go to a history forum for that, not a bloody art site... i guess theyre illiterate as well as ignorant.
oh wait... it goes hand in hand...

--
Support world day on October 7 [link]
-------
quando i bambini fanno OH! che meraviglia che meraviglia! ma che schemo vedi pero, pero? e mi vergogno'un po, Perche non so piu fare OH!- Povia

--
Roland

God, DA needs to seriously get their priorities straight....

--
_{if absolute power corrupts absolutely, and god is 'all powerful' then is god absolutely corrupted?}

Good morning maybe it will be a great day, maybe not......................

Welcome back again

--
say "NO" to HATE on deviantART

Co-Founders
~LiveforLive

~thedresdendolls
~lacrimosa-fans

I dont understand why DA removed you? Freedom of speech for every one. I would say. Even for them hoe spred out hate. You can ban it is a part of society. The only thing you can do is always say what you think. And dont be afraid to say what you think. Good luck with your quest.

And i think if you feel hate you dont feel love. And if you dont feel love. Wonder why you dont feel love. Dont poject the hate on outher people.

Greetz Mo

--
I am dislectic.

can we say conspiracy theory? I feel like Im in the Constant Gardner or something......how can three anti-hate sites through dA get banned and not one neo-nazi site....CON-fucking-FUSION, would be the word that comes to mind. anyway.....good luck dear.

please say "NO" to the HATE on dA

.
.
.

--
“I believe in an open mind, but not so open that your brains fall out.”

--Arthur Hays Sulzberger --publisher of The New York Times

please say "NO" to the HATE on dA

.
.
.

--
“I believe in an open mind, but not so open that your brains fall out.”

--Arthur Hays Sulzberger --publisher of The New York Times