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> You have a right to be a moron. Everyone else has a right to dislike you. For now. I could see a scenario in the not too distant future where "being a moron"

• komali2 7y ago
  You used the word "federally" so I assume you're talking about the United States, which has no federal laws against hate speech. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hate_speech_in_the_United_States https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hate_speech_in_the_United_Stat...
  • umvi 7y ago
    ...yet. Hence why I said "I could see a scenario in the not too distant future..."
    • komali2 7y ago
      I'm interested in why you could see this. My understanding of the cultural leanings of the US is that something like this would be almost impossible to get passed as federal law, or as a constitutional amendment. Congress can't even agree on generic funding bills without a party war over immigration. The last couple congresses have spent most of their time doing everything possible to jam operations of the executive branch. I just don't see a hate speech law ever passing in the USA, not without a dramatic change in the political climate, which I also don't see happening any time soon.
    • ceejayoz 7y ago
      Gay marriage required closely split court action (and it'd likely go the other way in the current SCOTUS). It's unclear if Federal law protects gay people from employment discrimination, being gay isn't a protected class, and you can be fired for it in a wide variety of states. The idea that gay people and their allies hold all the power in American society simply doesn't fit the facts at all.