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"First they came for the Communists... Then they came for me And there was no one left To speak out for me" - Martin Niemöller One man's hate speech is anothe
by samanator 3y ago
"First they came for the Communists...
Then they came for me
And there was no one left
To speak out for me"
- Martin Niemöller
One man's hate speech is another man's freedom of expression. Who will arbitrate the definition of hate speech?
What if you don't agree with their definition? What if saying you don't agree with their definition also gets labeled as hate speech by the arbitrator?
It's a slippery slope...
- bitwize 3y ago> "First they came for the Communists... Then they came for me And there was no one left To speak out for me" - Martin Niemöller And the reason why there hasn't been a repeat of that in 80 years is because now they come for the Nazis. Somehow, the slope hasn't been slippery enough that the Germans had fallen down it again in all that time. Again, responsible censorship, including arbitrating what is and isn't hate speech is something that's been successfully done in functioning democracies for decades now. Only in the USA does this seem to be a great big mystery.
- hellojesus 3y ago[flagged]