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It is very easy to suppress inconvenient opinions by labelling them as controversial or hate speech. If you're only free to speak when nobody is listening, it's

• xyzzy_plugh 5y ago
  But that's not what is happening here. Hate speech charges are a serious crime and often see lengthy court time. If you cannot express your inconvenient opinion without being hateful towards or potentially harming a group of people, then that is a problem.
  • gameman144 5y ago
    > Hate speech charges are a serious crime and often see lengthy court time. I think this is part of the objection, too. The opposition to online hate speech laws seems to be reflective more of an increase in the scope of existing hate-speech laws, which I assume the parent thread would also oppose. > If you cannot express your inconvenient opinion without being hateful towards or potentially harming a group of people, then that is a problem. The issue here is that hate speech is a constantly moving target. We're okay with muzzling speech that we consider too far, until something that we don't consider too far gets muzzled as well.