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> There are literally words you can say in so called 'Western Liberal' countries that can get you arrested or charged with hate speech. And a good thing too.
by TomSwirly 6y ago
> There are literally words you can say in so called 'Western Liberal' countries that can get you arrested or charged with hate speech.
And a good thing too.
> Those are our version of 'Blasphemy' laws.
Not at all. For example in Germany, you can't be a Nazi or show Nazi symbols. Why? Because Nazis murdered millions of people in death camps, not because "Blasphemy".
Hate speech, death threats: these are illegal in civilized countries because these things have been tremendously destructive to society in the past.
America's First Amendment prioritizes paid lies casually invented and spread by anonymous billionaires over hard-won truths spoken by individuals. It doesn't seem to be working out so well.