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Are angry mobs waiting to violently attack someone because their neighbor doesn't like the color their house is painted? Is this indistinguishable from when an

by afuchs 8y ago

Are angry mobs waiting to violently attack someone because their neighbor doesn't like the color their house is painted? Is this indistinguishable from when an angry mob violently attacks someone because their neighbor libeled them? The problem, as history has repeatedly shown, is that speech has consequences. Even simple jokes have lead to violence.

saas_sam 8y ago
Can you seriously imagine a world where behavior and speech are restricted to that which does not cause people to get angry and potentially violent? Can you both imagine that world and also want to live in that world?
- afuchs 8y ago
  To the extent that it's possible, yes. Just look at Canada's hate speech laws if you want a real world example.
  - saas_sam 8y ago
    Careful, you might anger a patriotic mob with that talk, might want to cool it.