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Canada has restrictions on free speech that prevent things like saying hateful stuff. And so far Canada looks pretty democratic and fair to me. Have a read: ht
by AYBABTME 6y ago
Canada has restrictions on free speech that prevent things like saying hateful stuff. And so far Canada looks pretty democratic and fair to me.
Have a read: https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Freedom_of_expression_in_Canada https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Freedom_of_expression_in_Can...
- refurb 6y agoActually it's fraught with issues. "Hate speech" was used to stop the republishing of the cartoons that got the Danish guy murdered. https://www.theglobeandmail.com/news/national/why-im-withdrawing-my-human-rights-complaint-against-ezra-levant/article18444701/ https://www.theglobeandmail.com/news/national/why-im-withdra...
- AYBABTME 6y agoNothing's perfect, my point us that it didn't lead to a totalitarian state.
- logicchains 6y agoSome provinces there literally have curfews and police patrolling the street to arrest anyone breaching curfew. Just because it's justified as an attempt to slow the spread ot covid, doesn't make it any less totalitarian.
- AYBABTME 6y agoTemporary emergency measures don't make a totalitarian government. For that matter, similar measures were temporarily taken and then rescinded in the past; proof of non-totalitarianism. Further proof is minority governments and recent changes in governing parties. Totalitarian governments don't have these. I think further burden of proof on wether Canada is a totalitarian state reasonably falls on those who believe it is. It seems reasonable to accept that Canada isn't totalitarian as a premise, when I say that some restrictions on freedom of speech don't inevitably lead to totalitarianism.
- pmiller2 6y agoSo what?