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When free speech turns into free hate, that’s when it’s unacceptable.

• serf 6y ago
  > When free speech turns into free hate, that’s when it’s unacceptable. the reason that both yourself and the parent of your comment seem to fail to realize is that the reason free speech must be protected unilaterally is that we will eventually have a bad actor in the seat of the person who decides what is or isn't hate speech. 'Hate speech' is too ambiguous, to a fault. 'Free speech' is too ambiguous to its' merit. When Political-BadActor-#23 gets into the role of deciding what is or isn't hate speech, it will probably become very difficult to criticize or police the position of Political-BadActor-#23. That's why it remains an imperfect system -- once overt censorship is introduced it's up to the censors to remain responsible, a feat never once demonstrated historically.