Comment on What are your thoughts on people who say hate speech is free speech?

EndOfLine@lemmy.world ⁨4⁩ ⁨days⁩ ago

People often mistake freedom of speach / expression to mean they can say anything they want without reprocutions while ignoring laws that already exist to set restrictions (perjury, libel/slander, obscenity, etc).

The rights of one person stops when it infringes on the rights of another. If a person’s speach or actions is determined to be producing harm then there should be consequences.

Freedom of speach does not mean freedom from being responsible for that speach.

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