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hateful speech is not protected in Canada How do they prove that a speech is hateful instead of merely being ordinarily contemptuous?

• dnautics 13y ago
  they don't. speech is not protected in Canada Is that better?
• corresation 13y ago
  Just talking abstractly (again, the only reason I mentioned that is that saying "free speech!" is a non-starter when you're calling someone a bitch -- even if unnamed, if any other party could identify who you mean, it isn't anonymous -- and bringing disrepute upon an institution), but Canadian rights are generally based upon the idea that your rights end where my nose begins, and your right to free speech ends when you intrude on the rights of others not to be harassed, disparaged, etc. Rights go both ways, and there is a balance to be found somewhere in the middle. Westboro is a hate group, by Canadian law. Their hateful protests are actionable. We have a new crop of anti-bullying laws -- particularly focused on the online world -- because the speaker can't fallback on the notion that their speech is protected, because it isn't.
  • gngeal 13y ago
    So calling an idiot an idiot is not an option in Canada?
    • 001sky 13y ago
      In 19th and early 20th century medicine and psychology, an "idiot" was a person with a very severe mental retardation PC police will probably getcha for that, too.
  • mcantelon 13y ago
    >We have a new crop of anti-bullying laws Please cite the specific law that would make a single mention of an unnamed "bitch" criminal.
    • corresation 13y ago
      I say it is not protected speech. You ask me to prove it is criminal. I see this discussion is futile.