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Hate speech as a crime is very much a thing in the U.S.; people have been fired from jobs, suspended or expelled from school, even arrested. On the one hand, t
by blisterpeanuts 4y ago
Hate speech as a crime is very much a thing in the U.S.; people have been fired from jobs, suspended or expelled from school, even arrested.
On the one hand, there’s a long tradition of free speech absolutism, but on the other, also a long tradition of punishing speech. Then it ends up in court where usually it’s declared to be protected by the Bill of Rights.
Freedom needs to be re-litigated periodically.
- AnonCoward42 4y ago> Hate speech as a crime is very much a thing in the U.S.; people have been fired from jobs, suspended or expelled from school, even arrested. Isn't this some kind of mob rule basically? This is hard to avoid I think, but it is certainly detrimental to any society. It's at least something that this is not cast into legislation in the US (yet).
- P5fRxh5kUvp2th 4y agoThe other poster is wrong, the only thing listed that's indication of a crime (and even that isn't proof of a crime) is being arrested. Nothing else is indication of any crime whatsoever.