Attempting to stop hate speech is no better than jailing citizens for speaking negatively about the current ruling government? I'm going to have to go with a h

Attempting to stop hate speech is no better than jailing citizens for speaking negatively about the current ruling government? I'm going to have to go with a hard disagree on that one. And no, "but it could be because XYZ" doesn't really fly. Any law "could be" unjust, unless you have specific examples of hate speech laws in Western Europe that are labeled as protecting against hate speech but are actually being used for nothing more than jailing political rivals, they're not the same.