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People seem to forget or not know that Canada is already in a grey middle ground where free-speech is limited, and hate speech is considered a crime. And so far
by AYBABTME 5y ago
People seem to forget or not know that Canada is already in a grey middle ground where free-speech is limited, and hate speech is considered a crime. And so far, the fact that Canada doesn't take a free-speech-absolutist position on the matter doesn't seem to have led to the unavoidable-slippery-slope that free-speech-absolutists profess it should lead to.
I'm of the opinion that free speech is important but I think absolutism is a red flag, and here is a case where a pragmatic middle ground has proven to work out just fine.
- peytn 5y agoHow has an entirely new law proven to work out just fine?
- ping_pong 5y agoIt's funny how quickly forget about Stephen Harper and how he tried desperately to turn Canada into its anti-thesis. The same laws that protect speech that you may not agree when your party is in power, protect your speech when the opposite party is in power. And the way things are going with Trudeau, I really don't expect him to survive the next election.
- bingbingbong 5y agoLooking at what goes on inside human rights tribunals (at least in ontario), I don't see how things are just fine. If anything, the tiny population size of Canada means nothing particularly exciting ever happens in Canada..
- neom 5y agoSpeech is not free in Canada. Personally I love it, I know many who hate it. When is it hate speech?: 7 significant Canadian cases: https://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/when-is-it-hate-speech-7-significant-canadian-cases-1.1036731 https://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/when-is-it-hate-speech-7-sign...