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Well Germany's free speech laws on Nazi symbols is actually so restrictive that many WWII games remove all images of the Swastika and tend to rename Hitler to
by ApolloFortyNine 9y ago
Well Germany's free speech laws on Nazi symbols is actually so restrictive that many WWII games remove all images of the Swastika and tend to rename Hitler to something else.
And it's because banning any speech is a slippery slope. Many people on reddit would make the argument supporting Trump at all is hate speech. In the US, yelling fire in a crowded theater and threats specifically against the president are I believe the only two major restricts on free speech. The question "If x isn't allowed, than why is y" would get asked constantly, so it's better to just allow it all and let society work it out.
- dsfyu404ed 9y agoThe "fire in a crowded theater" thing is an urban legend. It was a snippet from a ruling that has been subsequently ruled against many times in the last 100yr. Free speech in the US is basically: 1) don't do anything that would be a slam-dunk defamation lawsuit. 2) don't tell people to commit crimes 3) don't try to play technicality games with the above rules (e.g. "I only said I wish X were dead, not that my followers should murder X). Following those rules doesn't necessarily mean someone won't try to harass you via the courts but that happens for all sorts of issues not related to free speech as well.