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> > Hate speech is hopelessly vaguely defined > Incorrect! Most organizations have reached wildly close consensus on the matter That wikipedia article indicat

> > Hate speech is hopelessly vaguely defined > Incorrect! Most organizations have reached wildly close consensus on the matter That wikipedia article indicates: """Hate speech is "usually thought to include communications of animosity or disparagement of an individual or a group on account of a group characteristic such as race, colour, national origin, sex, disability, religion, or sexual orientation".""" There was a bill in Florida which: """The legislation would prohibit individuals from making people “feel discomfort, guilt, anguish, or any other form of psychological distress on account of his or her race, color, sex, or national origin.”""" https://edition.cnn.com/2022/01/19/us/florida-education-critical-race-theory-bill/index.html https://edition.cnn.com/2022/01/19/us/florida-education-crit... Absent any other context, "hate speech is animosity/disparagement towards ... race" is consistent with what the bill protects against: "don't make people feel distress on account of race". The concerns are ostensibly in the same direction. I suspect those opposed to the Florida bill would really prefer a more narrow interpretation of 'hate speech', and those in favour would prefer a broader interpretation.

kristopolous 3y ago
It's not. Public libraries aren't considered hate groups anywhere but in the current propagandists wild imaginations. That legislation is about weaponizing existing tools to whitewash history and in the context of the Florida "stop woke act"/"don't say gay" bill follows a lineage of curtailing and restricting education in some wild "satanic panic" style attack on the manufactured issues of CRT and "wokeism", specifically as spearheaded by the Florida GOP This is part of that legislative agenda and is meant to remove topics such as civil rights, women's rights, LGBT history and labor struggle from school curriculum. You're free to ignore that and pretend otherwise but you're not fooling me.
- akomtu 3y ago
  Don't forget drag shows. The such bad Florida has an issue with those too.
- rgoulter 3y ago
  > That legislation is about weaponizing existing tools Right. It seems entirely reasonable to be concerned that if 'hate speech' is applied too broadly, it can be used to silence political opponents.

kristopolous 3y ago

It's not. Public libraries aren't considered hate groups anywhere but in the current propagandists wild imaginations. That legislation is about weaponizing existing tools to whitewash history and in the context of the Florida "stop woke act"/"don't say gay" bill follows a lineage of curtailing and restricting education in some wild "satanic panic" style attack on the manufactured issues of CRT and "wokeism", specifically as spearheaded by the Florida GOP This is part of that legislative agenda and is meant to remove topics such as civil rights, women's rights, LGBT history and labor struggle from school curriculum. You're free to ignore that and pretend otherwise but you're not fooling me.

akomtu 3y ago
Don't forget drag shows. The such bad Florida has an issue with those too.
rgoulter 3y ago
> That legislation is about weaponizing existing tools Right. It seems entirely reasonable to be concerned that if 'hate speech' is applied too broadly, it can be used to silence political opponents.