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Seeing a lot of the replies here focus on the EU's prevalence of anti-hate speech laws, there's clearly one genus of the audience that sees the EU as being "res
by thrillgore 3y ago
Seeing a lot of the replies here focus on the EU's prevalence of anti-hate speech laws, there's clearly one genus of the audience that sees the EU as being "restrictive" on their kind of free speech. Which is not surprising in the least.
As an American, I see nothing wrong with the EU's measures against hate speech. In the past decade, I've seen exactly where no limits on it leads to.
- deceptionatd 3y agoMy rule of thumb for evaluating laws: what could the most malicious person you can imagine do with that power? 'Hate speech' is a highly subjective category, and most proposals for hate speech laws that I've seen could be abused terribly.
- thrillgore 3y agoAnd my response to that is: Laws and decrees have to be written in what manner they can oppress the least, but its on the public to hold the right people accountable so these laws remain fair.