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> So it’s better to not empower the government to decide what is hate and what isn’t The government cannot just arbitrarily expand hate speech to include somet
by orf 8y ago
> So it’s better to not empower the government to decide what is hate and what isn’t
The government cannot just arbitrarily expand hate speech to include something which is patently not hate speech. The courts would not uphold it, neither would the judiciary or the public at large.
- abstrakraft 8y ago10 years ago, I would have argued the same about the gov't just arbitrarily expanding asset seizure laws, but here we are.
- stordoff 8y agoIf they made it law (which strictly speaking requires parliament, not the government), the courts _would_ uphold it.
- steve_musk 8y agoUnless you get an extreme president who stacks the courts with extreme judges...
- mlazos 8y agoSo I would agree except judges are even elected in some places in the south. The judiciary is not always insular.