Comment on Should hate speech be protected under freedom of speech laws?
TheLeadenSea@sh.itjust.works 4 weeks ago
Yes because otherwise you can shut down speech you dislike by labeling it “hate speech”
And that’s why you need a democratic process and not a dictatorship that decides unilaterally what is fine.
On the other hand, if you protect the nazis, you are one of them and you are letting them oppress whoever they want.
Personally, I know what side I prefer.
you want dictatorship of the majority? That just means minority groups (which may be the more moral group, eg anti slavery in the past, women’s rights in the past, lgbt+ rights now, vegans now) will be oppressed instead. To protect minorities you need absolute free speech, not just democracy
I said a democratic process, not a majority vote. To protect minorities you need laws that protect minorities and individual rights, freedom of speech is secondary, and actually often contradicting with the first part of my sentence.
It’s no mystery why the ones throwing “freedom of speech” all day long in all conversations are the nazis. If freedom of speech is king, then hate speech is tolerated. What needs to be of the utmost importance is the respect of individuals, and freedom of speech becomes a consequence of that.
How can minorities exist if they don’t have the freedom to express their minority opinions even if they’re 'hateful" to others? It sounds like only sanctioned minorities would be protected under your system, which makes no sense.
What about hating billionaires, I expect you would think that 'hate speech " is fine?
Clearly you’ve never heard of plurality
BlameThePeacock@lemmy.ca 4 weeks ago
Canada restricts hate speech, as does most of Europe.
Yet its the US with the speech suppression issues going on right now.
DebatableRaccoon@lemmy.ca 4 weeks ago
You shouldn’t base a law on “The current government is okay” simply because the next one might not be.
stormdelay@sh.itjust.works 4 weeks ago
That implies the bad government will care about following the laws, or won’t change the law or its enforcement
otp@sh.itjust.works 4 weeks ago
The definition of hate speech doesn’t change each time we get a new prime minister.
NoneOfUrBusiness@fedia.io 4 weeks ago
Even with everything going on in America right now, it definitely doesn't suppress free speech more than Germany or Britain. I mean the Palestine Action thing is still happening (while Reform gets to yap all day long, mind you).