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hate speech=/=hate crimes UK has had, and still does have very aggressive legislation to combat "hate speech" and offensive speech in general. It's not very f
by ryanlol 10y ago
hate speech=/=hate crimes
UK has had, and still does have very aggressive legislation to combat "hate speech" and offensive speech in general.
It's not very far fetched that such a statement could have been in violation of said laws, but that certainly wouldn't make it a hate crime.
While jkots wording could have been better, there's still a very important distinction here.
- ptaipale 10y agoWell, if there's very aggressive legislation to combat "hate speech", is it unreasonable to call this target of combat "hate crimes" (or hate "crimes")? With such aggressive legislation, I'm a bit wary of even going to the UK (I'm not a native speaker of English.)
- ryanlol 10y agoYes, hate crimes are generally defined by the perpetrators motivations.
- jkot 10y agoI think take away is that HN crowd has no sense of humor.
- ethbro 10y agoI got a chuckle out of this one: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=11699860 https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=11699860 More accurate would probably be to say, given the power of a vote, people with no sense of humor will use it to punish humorous comments. I feel like the larger majority typically rewards comments that are both humorous and provide content to the discussion.