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Do we progressively move the line backwards from 'actual crime' towards 'incitement to commit crime' towards 'this type of opinion leads to incitement to commit
by BLKNSLVR 4y ago
Do we progressively move the line backwards from 'actual crime' towards 'incitement to commit crime' towards 'this type of opinion leads to incitement to commit crime' towards 'this kind of upbringing breeds criminals'.
As you say, this appears to be driven by 'the people want...' and therein lies the conundrum.
Enacting something resembling what the people want doesn't result in something the people want when they happen to accidentally step in it.
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- lbriner 4y agoHonestly, I don't know. Incitement is already a crime in many scenarios but I think there is a relatively clean line between what might be called free speech like "I hate women" and incitement or 'hate speech' like "We should kill women". We should accept that there are very vulnerable people who can't distinguish clearly between "he said that but I won't do it because it's wrong" and "yes, we should do that thing because you suggested it"