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I am totally fine with banning verbal attacks on others, just like physical attacks are typically banned IRL too. Basically the same rules can be applied, for

by ls15 4y ago

I am totally fine with banning verbal attacks on others, just like physical attacks are typically banned IRL too. Basically the same rules can be applied, for example a counter attack in defense is a lighter offense than an unprovoked attack. I think that this does not particularly limit someone's ability to express their opinions, ideas and beliefs.

pstuart 4y ago
Outright incitement to violence against others is easy to recognize as speech not worth tolerating. But here it gets interesting: hate speech wrapped up as "opinions, ideas, and beliefs". At the risk of downvotes (what ev er), I posit that Fox News engages in high level hate speech (not every minute but enough for it to count). Case in point: Tucker Carlson's "The Great Replacement" agenda. It's thinly veiled white nationalism -- basically arguing that white people are under attack from non-whites. Yes, it gets discussed by him as "what if" and "how come" but it has an agenda that is prepared to be enforced by violence by those who are spooked by it. I don't have an answer for how to deal with this, but it is in the end hate speech and is not healthy for society as a whole.