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Sorry, but while speech is protected, not all speech is protected. Hate speech and incitement of violence is a felony in most free democracies that protect spe
by jszymborski 9y ago
Sorry, but while speech is protected, not all speech is protected.
Hate speech and incitement of violence is a felony in most free democracies that protect speech.
- Overtonwindow 9y agoThat is incorrect, and I respectfully disagree. You're half-way there. Hate speech is protected speech. Incitement of violence is completely different from hate speech, and it is absolutely illegal. Consider the following scenarios: 1) Standing up and saying "I hate black people. I wish they would all die." 2) Standing up and saying: "I hate black people, if you see them, kill them." There's a clear difference here. The first is speech, an opinion, not directing action, advocating for violence, or to break a law. I say that's protected, as distasteful as it may be. The second is clearly criminal, and illegal. It is speech, but it is directing violence, and a law to be broken. That is the incitement of violence and a crime.
- jszymborski 9y agoYou're correct, I was mistaken. Thanks for bringing it to my attention. https://www.washingtonpost.com/news/the-fix/wp/2017/05/30/hate-speech-is-not-protected-by-the-first-amendment-oregon-mayor-says-hes-wrong/ https://www.washingtonpost.com/news/the-fix/wp/2017/05/30/ha...
- madengr 9y agoHate speech is protected in the USA.