> There was a video I saw circling on Twitter earlier of a hateful guy being critical of Islam and even going so far as to suggest Muhammad was pedophile... Tha

> There was a video I saw circling on Twitter earlier of a hateful guy being critical of Islam and even going so far as to suggest Muhammad was pedophile... Thankfully he was swiftly attacked by those he offended and subsequently arrested for his hatefulness, Lol wtf. None of that should be "illegal speech." Criticizing or hating others should never be illegal. Abhorrent and discouraging, yes. Illegal, no. Similarly, calling Muhammad or whatever divine figure a pedophile should be (and is) allowed in nation-states that respect your freedom of expression. Imagine calling for someone's arrest and praising attacks on person who hurt your religious feelings. > but just imagine how many hateful things like this are said behind closed doors every day. Your comment implies that you want to police what others do in their own houses in their private time, on private platforms like Signal. That is absurd. Do you want to attach a bug in people's houses to monitor "Hateful speech/conduct" as well? I am constantly baffled how many authoritarian POVs hackernews tends to attract these days.