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In many countries “hate speech” is illegal, the US is one of the few with truly free speech. Pro Nazi and racial incitement speech is illegal in France, Germany
by Synaesthesia 7y ago
In many countries “hate speech” is illegal, the US is one of the few with truly free speech. Pro Nazi and racial incitement speech is illegal in France, Germany and Austria AFAIK. Here in South Africa too. Even though I’m for free speech, I feel this is understandable and defendable.
- solinent 7y agoEven in the states, there are plenty of exceptions to free speech. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/United_States_free_speech_exceptions https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/United_States_free_speech_exce... The US definitely has the most free speech, but you're still restricted in various ways.
- La1n 7y agoI know there are quite a few European countries with laws against hate speech, I was mostly referring to the following two parts: >defined essentially as any form of discrimination whatsoever >has been made illegal in Europe following the growth of the anti-immigration far right.