Personally, I think Hate Speech laws represent fatique by relatively mainstream people of the assholes who want to stir up trouble.
I don't care what the reason is, even though that is a pretty good one. Everything has a consequence, and one of the consequences of free speech is that assholes get to say asshole things. If we aren't willing to accept that, then we don't really want free speech. Many people are fine with that and I can understand that, but I'm not. Considering the abysmal state of the zeitgeist of our society, I don't like the idea that the popularity of an idea could become the basis for the legality of expressing it. Although we are talking about asshole speech here, it sets what I see as an unacceptable precedent.
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That's another case, see my response to
Personally, I think Hate Speech laws represent fatique by relatively mainstream people of the assholes who want to stir up trouble.
I don't care what the reason is, even though that is a pretty good one. Everything has a consequence, and one of the consequences of free speech is that assholes get to say asshole things. If we aren't willing to accept that, then we don't really want free speech. Many people are fine with that and I can understand that, but I'm not. Considering the abysmal state of the zeitgeist of our society, I don't like the idea that the popularity of an idea could become the basis for the legality of expressing it. Although we are talking about asshole speech here, it sets what I see as an unacceptable precedent.