Alternative Speech: Complementary Method to Counter-Narrative for Better
  Discourse
Seungyoon Lee Dahyun Jung Chanjun Park Seolhwa Lee Heuiseok Lim
We introduce the concept of "Alternative Speech" as a new way to directly
combat hate speech and complement the limitations of counter-narrative. An
alternative speech provides practical alternatives to hate speech in real-world
scenarios by offering speech-level corrections to speakers while considering
the surrounding context and promoting speakers to reform. Further, an
alternative speech can combat hate speech alongside counter-narratives,
offering a useful tool to address social issues such as racial discrimination
and gender inequality. We propose the new concept and provide detailed
guidelines for constructing the necessary dataset. Through discussion, we
demonstrate that combining alternative speech and counter-narrative can be a
more effective strategy for combating hate speech by complementing specificity
and guiding capacity of counter-narrative. This paper presents another
perspective for dealing with hate speech, offering viable remedies to
complement the constraints of current approaches to mitigating harmful bias.