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We used to have free speech in the 1960s in Canada but we removed this. We created an opening to start policing speech. Why are Canadian's so polite? Because y
by sleepysysadmin 6y ago
We used to have free speech in the 1960s in Canada but we removed this. We created an opening to start policing speech.
Why are Canadian's so polite? Because you can go to prison for up to 2 years though more often than not it's just compensation. AKA "including compensation for injury to dignity, feelings and self-respect"
Hurting someone's feelings will send you to a non-judicial court where you do not have innocent until proven guilty. You must prove you didn't do it. Though it seems literally the only way to not be charged is to threaten taking it to the supreme court.
Worse yet, it has also created the 'you're a racist' thing. In order to silence your political opponents out of fear of being brought up on these charges. You get called a racist.
In BC they even teach kids in school to be right-wing is to be a racist: https://www.ctvnews.ca/canada/racism-a-right-wing-value-b-c-teacher-criticized-for-political-worksheet-1.4120976 https://www.ctvnews.ca/canada/racism-a-right-wing-value-b-c-...
Then you can see why no right-wing parties are represented in their elections: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/2020_British_Columbia_general_election https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/2020_British_Columbia_general_...