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> “During the segment, Carlson made the inflammatory and false claim that trans people are ‘targeting’ Christians. To position trans people in existential oppos
by olalonde 4y ago
> “During the segment, Carlson made the inflammatory and false claim that trans people are ‘targeting’ Christians. To position trans people in existential opposition to Christianity is an incitement of violence against trans people that is plain to any viewer.”
Interestingly, religious beliefs are a defense for "inciting or promoting hatred" in Canada[0]: "in good faith, the person expressed or attempted to establish by an argument an opinion on a religious subject or an opinion based on a belief in a religious text;"
[0] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hate_speech_laws_in_Canada#Section_319:_Inciting_or_promoting_hatred https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hate_speech_laws_in_Canada#Sec...
- boomboomsubban 4y agoWould that apply? Saying "trans people are targeting Christians" doesn't seem like a religious belief.
- bawolff 4y agoThat doesn't sound like a religious opinion to me. Like its not based in the bible or anything. I don't think just because an opinion involves a religious group it counts as a religious opinion. As an example, the most obvious example of hate speech would be nazi stuff about jews being evil. They don't get a pass because they are making an opinion about a religious group.
- giraffe_lady 4y agoThat's related but a qualitatively different thing from the quoted claim. He's not saying he hates trans people because he's christian, which would be protected I guess maybe. He's saying trans people hate christians because they are trans. These don't seem that similar to me but I also understand how they could be confused. I also agree with the assessment that the first one is personally shitty but the second is an incitement to violence.
- sophacles 4y agoIm not sure how that's relevant.