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Is hate never justifiable?

• travmatt 8y ago
  There’s a difference between what’s good for a country and what’s good for an individual person - society at large can’t really function if it laws place the singular wants and needs of any given person as the metric of allowable. Just because you can justify a hatred doesn’t mean there’s some transitive property that means society should therefore tolerate it.
• KozmoNau7 8y ago
  You can hate as much as you want, in private. Germans are very adamant about the protection of privacy. The problem starts if you go around in public, making hateful speeches that incite violence.
  • Andre_Wanglin 8y ago
    That sounds like a great way to protect those who commit acts worthy of hate from any public remonstration.
    • KozmoNau7 8y ago
      You are absolutely and perfectly allowed to speak out in public against such people. But you must be prepared to take responsibility if your speech is worded to spur people into violent action and to incite hateful action. The court of public opinion is notoriously fickle. Rousing hate in the masses is not a reliable tactic, and often backfires.