Europe has felt in its flesh the end-result of the political use of hate speech. Perhaps others should learn from our mistakes.
Dig1t•2h ago
There is no such thing as hate speech. There is only speech.
“Hate speech” can be (and usually is) applied to whatever type of speech the people in power want to silence.
psd1•1h ago
Oh no? Never watched a Hitler speech?
Maybe our censorship is a problem. But I'm damned if I'll be lectured by a yankee, huffing her founding-myth farts, whose "justice" system is literally chattel slavery. Finish your civil war, you dilettantes.
The author of this seems to be closing their eyes to the possibility that these statements about free expression aren't genuine.
The Republican party cares because of the perception that conservatives are being censored. If they don't care about Trump's actions, it is because they haven't been directed against them.
rbanffy•4h ago
Dig1t•2h ago
“Hate speech” can be (and usually is) applied to whatever type of speech the people in power want to silence.
psd1•1h ago
Maybe our censorship is a problem. But I'm damned if I'll be lectured by a yankee, huffing her founding-myth farts, whose "justice" system is literally chattel slavery. Finish your civil war, you dilettantes.
rbanffy•1h ago
Looks like they are about to start another.