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"hate speech" == whatever you want it to be Hitchens - Free Speech (2006): https://youtu.be/olefVguutfo https://youtu.be/olefVguutfo

• randcraw 6y ago
  But that reduces the term to be meaningless. Unless you attempt to draw a line between what is and isn't hate, you cannot address it by law or even in discourse. If we want less of it, first we must define it. Only then can we draw a line so we can say, "Free speech stops here. Beyond this, the cost is too high (and the benefit too small)." The courts have drawn lines in the past when it comes to speech inviting bodily harm. Weaponized speech intended only to injure is little different.
  • jakeogh 6y ago
    The term is meaningless. That's the point. https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=20623177 https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=20623177