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> People outside the US aren't all stupid. There are reasons other countries have different speech laws and not all of those reasons are bad. This is flawed lo
by concordDance 3y ago
> People outside the US aren't all stupid. There are reasons other countries have different speech laws and not all of those reasons are bad.
This is flawed logic. Consider:
There are reasons other countries have honor killings and not all of those reasons are bad.
- slg 3y agoHonor killings are outlawed in Europe and also occur in the US, so I don't understand what point you are trying to make here.
- f1shy 3y agoSo the world is USA (I suppose that is what you mean with America/Americans) and Europe. You have a big big world my friend!
- slg 3y agoRemember the context in which this conversation is occurring. The article is about European law. Most people reading this live in the USA (yes, I also wish there was a better demonym for people from the US than "Americans", but there isn't).
- junofan 3y agoKind of a case in point. Your last sentence is arguably anti-American hate speech (pejorative) under the UN’s broad definition [1]: > any kind of communication in speech, writing or behaviour, that attacks or uses pejorative or discriminatory language with reference to a person or a group on the basis of who they are, in other words, based on their religion, ethnicity, nationality, race, colour, descent, gender or other identity factor which they note is broader than the typical American definition: > While the above is not a legal definition and is broader than “incitement to discrimination, hostility or violence” [1]: https://www.un.org/en/hate-speech/understanding-hate-speech/what-is-hate-speech https://www.un.org/en/hate-speech/understanding-hate-speech/...
- slg 3y agoI’m sorry, but no one who wrote that definition would agree with your interpretation. You are being intentionally misleading in an attempt to make a point.
- concordDance 3y agoMy point is that different people groups might have good reasons for doing things particular ways, but that doesn't mean there aren't better ways of doing things.
- hackerlight 3y agoBut the countries that are being compared to the US are actually good places to live, so the analogy is flawed.
- concordDance 3y agoThey are worse places to live because of the speech restrictions. I live in the UK.
- hackerlight 3y agoIn your personal opinion. The actual surveyed happiness levels of the average person in those countries' begs to differ.