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in "absolutes"/extremes pretty much anything is highly bad freedom of speech has many good and important aspects which must be protected but there really is n
by dathinab 2y ago
in "absolutes"/extremes pretty much anything is highly bad
freedom of speech has many good and important aspects which must be protected
but there really is no reason to extend it to every kind of hate speech and implicit promoting white supremacy and genocide
not only is there no reason to tolerate it there are a lot of reasons to not tolerate it
I mean there are quit many examples from small scale to international scale showing how letting hate speech go unchecked leads to endless pain and suffering of innocent.
Defending spreading hate speech without any limit in a time where all this history is available just a few clicks away is either highly ignorant, or outright with evil intent.
And yes there is a gray area between speech which really should be protected and hate speech only doing harm. Seeking swastika T-shirt very clearly isn't in that area.
Lastly nothing prevents you to keep hate speech in check and also educate people better. Most (all?) EU member states do take educating people better at least slightly serious. But history has clearly shown that keeping hate speech in check is fundamental needed, too.