Laws to be introduced this week include up to two years in prison for distributing, displaying or reciting prohibited phrases to harass or offend

  • wonderingwanderer@sopuli.xyz
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    2 hours ago

    Should people be allowed to use nazi slogans at protests? What about racist slogans?

    I understand it’s dicey to draw a line somewhere, but do you really believe hate speech should be protected as political speech? It’s a slippery slope either way, the trick is to find the point of balance.

    And repeating a phrase which initial intent is to call for the eradication of an entire ethnic group is, in my opinion, on the side of the line that should be considered hate speech, promoting violence, and shouldn’t be protected.

    The history of the conflict is indeed relevant. And the proscription of the phrase isn’t being done “regardless of intent and context.”

    (By the way, ‘proscribe’ means to condemn something; ‘prescribe’ means doctor’s orders)

    I’m not following the logic of your last paragraph.