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>Hate speech is not free speech There is no such thing as "hate speech." It has no legal or rational construction. Hurt feelings and strenuous objections are n

>Hate speech is not free speech There is no such thing as "hate speech." It has no legal or rational construction. Hurt feelings and strenuous objections are no basis for law.

close04 8y ago
> It has no legal [...] construction That must be a real conundrum in countries that have laws against it. Presumably clearly defined. I think you're onto some paradox here... Hate speech is not about hurt feelings. But if that's what you understand from it with almost the entire human knowledge available to you a simple internet search away I'm sure no comment here can provide you some relief. Telling me my shoes don't match the belt is not hate speech. But instigating people against a whole class (race, religion, ethnicity, etc.), usually suggesting violence or some otherwise harmful methods, is. And it ends up with people hurt, lives and whole communities destroyed. You'd understand a lot better if you were at the receiving end of it. Things are very easy to overlook when they never hit close to home. But just in case, lmgtfy: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hate_speech https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hate_speech
0x4f3759df 8y ago
Hate speech a political weapon. Amazon banned the selling of Hoffman's 'Judaism Discovered' under the guise of 'hate speech' [1] You can't critique the Talmud because it offends a protected class. Denying the Holocaust is considered 'hate speech' even if you legit think its atrocity propaganda. Rejecting Vatican II is considered hate speech. Just a phony baloney political category that largely benefits people on the left so they are inclined to defend it. [1] https://revisionistreview.blogspot.com/2018/08/judaisms-strange-gods-revised-and.html https://revisionistreview.blogspot.com/2018/08/judaisms-stra...
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  Truth and lies are also political weapons. What does this say about them?

>Hate speech is not free speech There is no such thing as "hate speech." It has no legal or rational construction. Hurt feelings and strenuous objections are no basis for law.

close04 8y ago

> It has no legal [...] construction That must be a real conundrum in countries that have laws against it. Presumably clearly defined. I think you're onto some paradox here... Hate speech is not about hurt feelings. But if that's what you understand from it with almost the entire human knowledge available to you a simple internet search away I'm sure no comment here can provide you some relief. Telling me my shoes don't match the belt is not hate speech. But instigating people against a whole class (race, religion, ethnicity, etc.), usually suggesting violence or some otherwise harmful methods, is. And it ends up with people hurt, lives and whole communities destroyed. You'd understand a lot better if you were at the receiving end of it. Things are very easy to overlook when they never hit close to home. But just in case, lmgtfy: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hate_speech https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hate_speech

0x4f3759df 8y ago

Hate speech a political weapon. Amazon banned the selling of Hoffman's 'Judaism Discovered' under the guise of 'hate speech' [1] You can't critique the Talmud because it offends a protected class. Denying the Holocaust is considered 'hate speech' even if you legit think its atrocity propaganda. Rejecting Vatican II is considered hate speech. Just a phony baloney political category that largely benefits people on the left so they are inclined to defend it. [1] https://revisionistreview.blogspot.com/2018/08/judaisms-strange-gods-revised-and.html https://revisionistreview.blogspot.com/2018/08/judaisms-stra...

close04 8y ago
Truth and lies are also political weapons. What does this say about them?