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Shouldn't hate speech should be punished?

• chrischen 9y ago
  London deemed hate wpeech punishable, China determines certain speech (that it deems bad for society as well) punishable. No difference except for a difference in perspective.
• i_am_nomad 9y ago
  The problem with that is, who defines what “hate” is?
• Karunamon 9y ago
  No. Not because of the usual slippery slope reasons, but because denying someone their freedom for mere words is abhorrent.
• acct1771 9y ago
  Offending someone shouldn't be illegal. Period. Directly inciting actual physical violence, you might have an argument for. But words and ideas must remain free to maintain any semblance of a free society. As other commenters have said: who decides?
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