Several users have reported that the apparently innocuous quote has been removed without clear explanation.
A quote from St Augustine has apparently been prohibited from Facebook.
Domenico Bettinelli, a pro-life activist from
Massachusetts, said in a blog post that a passage by St Augustine from the divine office was taken down as it violated Facebook’s
“Community Standards on hate speech”.
“Let us never assume
that if we tend to live good lives we’ll be without sin; our lives should be praised only when we still beg for pardon. However men are hopeless
creatures, and the less
they focus on their
own sins, the more interested
they become in the sins
of others. They seek to
criticize, not to correct.
Unable to justify themselves, they’re ready to accuse others.”