Status Update: Hate Speech on Facebook

The social media site's ugliest posts.

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Tea Party Member Calls for Assassination of President Obama and His Daughters - Tea party member and failed political candidate Jules Manson unleashed a hate-fueled diatribe on his Facebook page in Dec. 2011. In it, Manson, who referred to the president as a “f***ing [N word],” said that Obama and his “monkey children” should be assassinated. Manson attempted to defend the vicious statements but would eventually remove the post. (Photos from left: Courtesy Facebook, Mike Theiler-Pool/Getty Images)

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Hacker Posts Homophobic and Racist Rant on Soulja Boy’s Page - With millions of Facebook fans, rapper Soulja Boy is no stranger to all eyes being on him, but SB wasn’t loving the glow when this hate-filled rant appeared on his page in June 2011: "IM TIRED OF WHITE PEOPLE DOING US LIKE THIS MAN!! THEY TREAT US SO WRONG!! f*&% THEM!" The post went on: "I'm gonna keep talking s#@^ to these white f*^^@*$ until they unlike my page. f*&%(#@ weirdo stalkers!" The rapper disavowed any connection with the hateful words, insisting that his page had been hacked. (Photo: Adrian Sidney/PictureGroup)

Facebook Poll: Should President Obama Be Killed? - An October 2009 poll that appeared on the social media website was so blunt it drew the attention of the Secret Service. The poll asked “Should Obama be Killed?” and the answers included “no,” “maybe,” “yes,” and “yes, if he cuts my health care.” The poll was promptly removed by Facebook. No charges were brought against the teen who created the poll. (Photos from left: Alex Wong/Getty Images, Courtesy Facebook.com)

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Facebook Poll: Should President Obama Be Killed? - An October 2009 poll that appeared on the social media website was so blunt it drew the attention of the Secret Service. The poll asked “Should Obama be Killed?” and the answers included “no,” “maybe,” “yes,” and “yes, if he cuts my health care.” The poll was promptly removed by Facebook. No charges were brought against the teen who created the poll. (Photos from left: Alex Wong/Getty Images, Courtesy Facebook.com)

Facebook Friend or Foe? -  After a Facebook user created a fake page and friended Shelley Howard, a graphic designer from Chicago, the attacker spammed Howard’s page in May 2011 with barrage of hateful comments, including one that read, “Go with the Negro and it will end up in tears or an STD or violence.” The offensive account was later disabled by Facebook. (Photo: Courtesy facebook/CBS Chicago News)

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Facebook Friend or Foe? -  After a Facebook user created a fake page and friended Shelley Howard, a graphic designer from Chicago, the attacker spammed Howard’s page in May 2011 with barrage of hateful comments, including one that read, “Go with the Negro and it will end up in tears or an STD or violence.” The offensive account was later disabled by Facebook. (Photo: Courtesy facebook/CBS Chicago News)

Grin and Bear It - If you found yourself cringing at the sight of your Facebook newsfeed being filled with your friends' political opinions, it's best to just grin and bear it because more people are turning to social media to sound off. In a Pew survey released Nov. 28, 34 percent people said they shared their thoughts via sites like Facebook while just nine percent said they blocked or unfriended someone whose leanings they disagreed with. (Photo: Courtesy Facebook.com)

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Teacher Suspended for Calling Her Students Future Criminals - A veteran teacher in Paterson, N.J., drew the ire of her local branch of the NAACP after she wrote on her Facebook page “i’m not a teacher — i’m a warden for future criminals.” Hours later she followed the comment with, “They had a scared straight program in school — why couldn’t i bring 1st graders?” The Paterson School Board suspended the teacher without pay and filed charges to revoke her tenure for unprofessional behavior. (Photo: Courtesy Facebook.com)

Teacher Posts That Homosexuality “Breeds Like Cancer” - Another New Jersey teacher was in hot water in September 2011 after a post from a Facebook page under her name called homosexuality “a perverted spirit” and "sin," adding that homosexuality “breeds like cancer.” The teacher reportedly lashed out after the school designated the celebration of Lesbian Gay Bisexual Transgender History Month. (Photo: Courtesy thenewcivilrightsmovement.com)

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Teacher Posts That Homosexuality “Breeds Like Cancer” - Another New Jersey teacher was in hot water in September 2011 after a post from a Facebook page under her name called homosexuality “a perverted spirit” and "sin," adding that homosexuality “breeds like cancer.” The teacher reportedly lashed out after the school designated the celebration of Lesbian Gay Bisexual Transgender History Month. (Photo: Courtesy thenewcivilrightsmovement.com)