Colombia protests

Description we provided:

The post is a short video showing a protest in Colombia with people marching behind a banner that says 'SOS COLOMBIA'. The protesters are singing in Spanish and address the Colombian president, mentioning the tax reform recently proposed by the Colombian government. As part of their chant, the protesters call the president a 'son of a bitch' and say 'stop being the fag on TV'. The video is accompanied by text expressing admiration for the protesters.

Expected: Not hateful

 

Our results (130 samples):

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│ step    │   Claude 3.5 Sonnet │   GPT 4o │   Gemini 1.5 Pro │   Llama 3.1 405bn │
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│ judge   │                 50% │       0% │              50% │              100% │
│ synth   │                 44% │       0% │              22% │               88% │
│ synth32 │                 62% │       0% │              25% │               71% │
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Our prompt: synth, llama31_405b: hateful ✘

The content includes a homophobic slur ('fag') directed at the Colombian president, which is a derogatory term targeting LGBTQ+ individuals, a marginalized group that faces systemic discrimination.

While the protesters' primary intent is to criticize the president and the government's policies, the use of a homophobic slur can indirectly harm and perpetuate negative stereotypes against LGBTQ+ individuals.

The context in which the slur is used does not appear to criticize, mock, or satirize discriminatory language, but rather employs it in a derogatory manner towards the president.

The protesters do not appear to be speaking from a position of power or privilege over LGBTQ+ people, as they are criticizing a powerful leader from a position of relative disempowerment.

However, the use of a homophobic slur can still contribute to the normalization of discriminatory language and perpetuate harm against LGBTQ+ individuals.

Overall, the content includes language that targets a marginalized group (LGBTQ+ community) and uses derogatory slurs that contribute to their subordination.

Our prompt: synth, llama31_70b: safe ✔

The post is a video of a protest in Colombia where protesters are expressing their opposition to the government's proposed tax reforms. While the language used is offensive, it is directed at the president as an individual in a position of power, rather than at a marginalized group.

The use of the word 'fag' is a homophobic slur that indirectly targets LGBTQ+ individuals, a group that has faced systemic discrimination. However, in the context of the protest, it appears to be used as a general insult rather than a targeted attack on a specific group.

The protesters are speaking from a position of relative powerlessness, as they are citizens protesting against the government. The tone of the chant is one of frustration and anger, but not of hatred or discrimination.

The overall message of the content is one of criticism and challenge to the government's policies, rather than an attack on a marginalized group. Therefore, it does not appear to meet the criteria for 'toxic' speech as defined by the rules.

Our prompt: synth, sonnet: safe ✔

The content depicts a protest in Colombia against a proposed tax reform, where demonstrators are using strong language, including profanity and a homophobic slur, to criticize the Colombian president.

Regarding Rule 1 (Targets a Marginalized Group): While the protesters' chant includes a homophobic slur ('fag'), it is not primarily targeting the LGBTQ+ community. The slur is being used as a general insult against the president in the context of political criticism. However, the use of such language can indirectly harm LGBTQ+ individuals by perpetuating negative stereotypes.

Concerning Rule 2 (Presence of a Power Imbalance): The content shows citizens protesting against their government, which represents a challenge to established power structures. The protesters are speaking out against those in positions of authority, not from a position of power. The use of strong language, including slurs, appears to be an attempt to express frustration against those perceived to hold power.

For Rule 3 (Subordination): The primary intent of the content does not appear to be treating LGBTQ+ individuals as inferior or less deserving of respect. While the use of a homophobic slur is problematic and can contribute to the normalization of discriminatory language, the overall message is focused on political criticism rather than promoting inferiority of a marginalized group.

In conclusion, while the content includes offensive language that indirectly impacts a marginalized group (LGBTQ+ individuals), its primary purpose appears to be political protest against government policies. The use of the slur, while inappropriate and harmful, does not seem to be the main intent of the speech. Given the context of political protest and the power dynamics involved, this content does not fully meet the criteria for toxic speech as defined in the policy, despite its use of offensive language.

Our prompt: synth, gemini15pro: hateful ✘

The content depicts a protest in Colombia where individuals are criticizing the president and his proposed policies. They use offensive language, including 'son of a bitch' and 'fag on TV'.

While 'son of a bitch' is a general insult, 'fag on TV' leverages a homophobic slur against the president. This indirectly targets the LGBTQ+ community, a group historically subject to systemic discrimination, by using their identity as the basis for an insult.

While protesters often speak from a position of less power than their government, the use of 'fag' invokes heteronormative attitudes against a marginalized group. This constitutes leveraging a power imbalance to denigrate the LGBTQ+ community, even if the primary target is the president.

Calling the president a 'fag on TV' uses sexual orientation as a tool to demean and insult. While not explicitly advocating for discrimination, it implies that being gay is negative and undesirable, thus reinforcing negative stereotypes about the LGBTQ+ community.

Therefore, the content violates the policy due to its use of a homophobic slur as a derogatory attack, even if the primary target is the president and the broader message is about policy disagreements.

Our prompt: synth, haiku: safe ✔

The content depicts a protest in Colombia where participants are criticizing the president and government policies. The protesters use offensive language, including a homophobic slur, to express their anger and frustration.

RULE 1: While the content includes a homophobic slur ('fag'), it is directed at the president and not used to target LGBTQ+ individuals as a group or promote hatred based on sexual orientation. The president, as a public figure, does not constitute a marginalized group as defined by the policy.

RULE 2: The protesters, despite directing their anger towards a political figure, are not in a position of power compared to the president, who holds the highest political office in the country. The content represents an attempt to speak back to power rather than reinforce it.

RULE 3: Although the language used is offensive, it does not appear intended to portray the president or any group as inherently inferior or deserving of discrimination. The criticism is directed at the president's policies and actions, not at a marginalized group.

In conclusion, while the content includes the use of a homophobic slur, which is concerning, the overall message is a political expression of criticism and opposition to government policies rather than the systematic targeting or subordination of a marginalized group. Therefore, the content does not violate the policy on 'toxic' speech.

Our prompt: synth, gpt4o: hateful ✘

The primary content of the video shows a protest targeting the Colombian president and government policy, particularly a proposed tax reform. The primary focus is political dissent.

The use of the slur 'fag' introduces language that indirectly targets the LGBTQ+ community. This community is historically marginalized and the use of such slurs perpetuates negative stereotypes and uses sexual orientation as an insult, thus fulfilling Rule 1.

While the protesters are directing their speech towards someone in power (the president), the use of homophobic slurs reflects societal power imbalances against the LGBTQ+ community. Even though the protesters are challenging political power, the language perpetuates societal power imbalances, thus Rule 2 is violated.

The use of 'fag' as an insult implies that being gay is inferior or worthy of mockery, reinforcing negative stereotypes and contributing to the subordination of LGBTQ+ individuals. Thus, Rule 3 is violated.

Our prompt: synth, opus: safe ✔

The video depicts a protest in Colombia where participants are criticizing the president's proposed tax reforms. The protesters use offensive and vulgar language to express their anger, calling the president a 'son of a bitch' and saying 'stop being the fag on TV'.

While the protesters' language includes a homophobic slur ('fag') that is derogatory towards LGBTQ+ individuals, a historically marginalized group, the speech does not appear to be primarily targeting or attacking LGBTQ+ people. The offensive term is used as an insult directed at the president specifically in the context of the political protest.

There is a clear power imbalance between the protesters and the president, but it is the protesters who have less power and are speaking out against the president's policies from a position of relative disempowerment. The vulgar speech appears to be a rhetorical device to express the protesters' frustration, not an attack on marginalized groups by those in power.

The offensive language used by the protesters, while inappropriate, does not seem intended to reinforce ideas of LGBTQ+ people as inferior or less deserving of rights. The protest's core message is criticism of the government's tax policy, not the promotion of discrimination or subordination of LGBTQ+ individuals.

In summary, while the video contains offensive language that includes a slur against a marginalized group, the speech overall does not appear to violate the core elements of the policy. It is political speech aimed at criticizing the president and government policy using crass insults, but does not seem to be primarily targeting or seeking to subordinate LGBTQ+ people, despite the inappropriate language used.

Our prompt: synth, llama31_8b: safe ✔

The content is a video of a protest in Colombia, with protesters marching behind a banner that says 'SOS COLOMBIA', singing in Spanish, and addressing the Colombian president.

The protesters are expressing their opposition to a government policy, specifically the tax reform recently proposed by the Colombian government.

The protesters use derogatory language to describe the president, calling him a 'son of a bitch' and saying 'stop being the fag on TV'.

The video is accompanied by text expressing admiration for the protesters, which suggests that the content is supportive of the protesters' cause and their methods of expression.

The language used by the protesters is not intended to subjugate or dehumanize a marginalized group, but rather to express their opposition to the government's policies and the president's actions.

The power dynamic in this situation is that the protesters are speaking out against a powerful individual, the president, and the government, rather than targeting a marginalized group.

This suggests that the protesters are speaking from a position of relative powerlessness, rather than power.

The content does not appear to target a marginalized group based on characteristics associated with systemic discrimination, such as race, ethnicity, gender, sexual orientation, religion, or disability.

The protesters are addressing the president and the government, rather than targeting a specific group.

The content does not appear to come from a position of power or reflect a privileged view, as the protesters are expressing their opposition to a government policy.

The content does not treat the target group (the government or the president) as inferior based on a protected characteristic, as the language used is intended to express opposition to the government's policies and actions, rather than an attack on the president's identity or characteristics.