Comment on Should hate speech be protected under freedom of speech laws?
dreamy@quokk.au 4 weeks ago
Everybody should be able to say anything they want, and everybody else should be able to make fun of them.
Comment on Should hate speech be protected under freedom of speech laws?
dreamy@quokk.au 4 weeks ago
Everybody should be able to say anything they want, and everybody else should be able to make fun of them.
Bytemeister@lemmy.world 4 weeks ago
Or choose not to hire them, or ostracize them.
Hate speech is free speech. So is recording that hate speech and making sure that everyone the bigot knows is aware of their bigotry is free speech too.
RobotToaster@mander.xyz 4 weeks ago
This just allows capital to control speech.
Bytemeister@lemmy.world 4 weeks ago
Or choose not to do business with them, or choose not to help them on the side of the road, or choose not to invite them to your parties, or choose not to let them on your property, or choose to sign them up for all the useless email and mail spam you can find…
Don’t tunnel on one thing. A freedom for everyone means a freedom for the capitalists, and the communists too.
RobotToaster@mander.xyz 4 weeks ago
I generally agree it’s fine where there’s an “equality of arms”.
By capitalists I mean business owners and/or bosses. Your boss shouldn’t be able to dictate what you can say outside your job. That just lets the owners of corporations control speech.