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> threats of death o[r] violence OK my threshold for that word is sort of lower. Like the other day I watched Rachel Maddow on Youtube commenting on the electi
by DemocracyFTW2 2y ago
> threats of death o[r] violence
OK my threshold for that word is sort of lower. Like the other day I watched Rachel Maddow on Youtube commenting on the election, and the comments were full of misogynist, well, 'sneers', let's call them that. No "I will punch you" or worse, but an aggressive, menacing, demeaning, sexist, supremacist tone. To me that already is hate speech, because it is speech that expresses hate and is intended to rile up other people so they chime in and express hate, too.
It's ice cream in the sense that frozen yogurt is ice cream, maybe except for the law.
- changing1999 2y agoThe problem with codifying hate speech (and, eventually, punishing for it) is that even today the existing definitions are extremely broad and subjective. UN's own definition includes the use of pejorative language, i.e. "disrespectful connotation, a low opinion, or a lack of respect" towards something. This is clearly illiberal, anti free-speech, and extremely dangerous (society-ending dangerous).
- mensetmanusman 2y agoIt’s advisable to use the clear legal threshold, lest we go the route of diluting all language. Trump was hitler without murdering millions and that probably washes some of the crimes away.