Vader@sopuli.xyz to No Stupid Questions@lemmy.world · 1 day agoShould hate speech be protected under freedom of speech laws?message-squaremessage-square117fedilinkarrow-up176arrow-down116file-text
arrow-up160arrow-down1message-squareShould hate speech be protected under freedom of speech laws?Vader@sopuli.xyz to No Stupid Questions@lemmy.world · 1 day agomessage-square117fedilinkfile-text
minus-squareRobotToaster@mander.xyzlinkfedilinkarrow-up63arrow-down2·edit-21 day agoThe problem is you hand government and courts the right to decide what is hate speech. In the UK the government is already trying to classify anti-zionist speech as banned hate speech. Laws are weapons, your enemies can use them against you.
minus-squarecmrss2@aussie.zonelinkfedilinkarrow-up14arrow-down1·1 day agoImagine living in Queensland rn. Where the phrase “from the river to the sea” is banned… https://www.abc.net.au/news/2026-03-05/qld-hate-speech-laws-passed-parliament/106420306
minus-squareMagnificentSteiner@lemmy.ziplinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up9·1 day ago“Hey Bob, want to kayak from the river to the sea tomorrow” Government seething intensifies
minus-squareKairos@lemmy.todaylinkfedilinkarrow-up14arrow-down15·1 day agoI’d rather know someone is a nazi then not know
minus-squareDebatableRaccoon@lemmy.calinkfedilinkarrow-up6arrow-down2·1 day agoI don’t know why you’re being downvoted. A lot of extremists like to be heard. I like to know when they’re coming.
minus-squareBytemeister@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up5arrow-down1·1 day agoCharlie Kirk would still be a piece of shit today if he wasn’t out and loud about being a piece of shit.
minus-squareotp@sh.itjust.workslinkfedilinkarrow-up1·18 hours agoWithout a platform, he would likely have had a much smaller impact, and likely also not even be as extreme in his views.
The problem is you hand government and courts the right to decide what is hate speech.
In the UK the government is already trying to classify anti-zionist speech as banned hate speech.
Laws are weapons, your enemies can use them against you.
Imagine living in Queensland rn. Where the phrase “from the river to the sea” is banned…
https://www.abc.net.au/news/2026-03-05/qld-hate-speech-laws-passed-parliament/106420306
“Hey Bob, want to kayak from the river to the sea tomorrow”
Government seething intensifies
I’d rather know someone is a nazi then not know
I don’t know why you’re being downvoted. A lot of extremists like to be heard. I like to know when they’re coming.
Charlie Kirk would still be a piece of shit today if he wasn’t out and loud about being a piece of shit.
Without a platform, he would likely have had a much smaller impact, and likely also not even be as extreme in his views.