13 ms·
>With that attitude, why stop there? Why not just outlaw saying mean things in general? You're making this into a slippery slope when it need not be. The paren
by ue_ 9y ago
>With that attitude, why stop there? Why not just outlaw saying mean things in general?
You're making this into a slippery slope when it need not be. The parent commenter didn't say anything about mean things, they were talking about hate speech.
- Karunamon 9y agoThe difference being that the definition of "hate speech" is a slippery slope, closely connected with the euphemism treadmill. The difference being, usually the euphemism treadmill doesn't have any legislative import... Examples off the top of my head: the demonization of "illegal" when in reference to people who cross the border without the right to do so. The willful conflation of "Muslim" as a race rather than a religion.
- ue_ 9y agoWhy exactly is it a slippery slope? I admit that it can be made as such, but why must it necessarily be? A legislature or person can define hate speech in such a way that it is not a slippery slope in my opinion, and I think that's what should be done.