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The EU defines it as : hate speech is understood as all types of expression that incite, promote, spread or justify violence, hatred or discrimination against
by mrguyorama 3y ago
The EU defines it as :
hate speech is understood as all types of expression that incite, promote, spread or justify violence, hatred or discrimination against a person or group of persons, or that denigrates them, by reason of their real or attributed personal characteristics or status such as “race”,[2] colour, language, religion, nationality, national or ethnic origin, age, disability, sex, gender identity and sexual orientation.
It is speech that spreads hate against an intrinsic attribute. It is a codification into law of the concept that there is no justification for society to hate someone for a way they are born, plus some.
It bans both claiming the jews are eating babies and should be killed, and also that religious people are ruining the world and we would be better off if they were dead.
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- atlantic 3y agoThat definition is nonsense for a number of reasons. The first is that all human behaviour is discriminatory by design: every time you make a choice of any kind, you're discriminating against all the options you didn't select. And the same applies to speech: the expression of any preference represents "hate" against the alternatives. The second is that it's so generic that virtually any pronouncement can be classified as hate speech. So it's a good legal foundation for censorship. Best to stick to prosecuting actual crimes, rather than thought- and speech- crimes. Let people say what they will. Sticks and stones...