Vader@sopuli.xyz to No Stupid Questions@lemmy.world · 8 hours agoShould hate speech be protected under freedom of speech laws?message-squaremessage-square53fedilinkarrow-up144arrow-down17file-text
arrow-up137arrow-down1message-squareShould hate speech be protected under freedom of speech laws?Vader@sopuli.xyz to No Stupid Questions@lemmy.world · 8 hours agomessage-square53fedilinkfile-text
minus-squareRobotToaster@mander.xyzlinkfedilinkarrow-up44arrow-down1·edit-28 hours agoThe problem is you hand government and courts the right to decide what is hate speech. In the UK the government is already trying to classify anti-zionist speech as banned hate speech. Laws are weapons, your enemies can use them against you.
minus-squarecmrss2@aussie.zonelinkfedilinkarrow-up12arrow-down1·6 hours agoImagine living in Queensland rn. Where the phrase “from the river to the sea” is banned… https://www.abc.net.au/news/2026-03-05/qld-hate-speech-laws-passed-parliament/106420306
minus-squareMagnificentSteiner@lemmy.ziplinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up7·4 hours ago“Hey Bob, want to kayak from the river to the sea tomorrow” Government seething intensifies
minus-squareKairos@lemmy.todaylinkfedilinkarrow-up9arrow-down11·7 hours agoI’d rather know someone is a nazi then not know
minus-squareDebatableRaccoon@lemmy.calinkfedilinkarrow-up3arrow-down1·4 hours agoI don’t know why you’re being downvoted. A lot of extremists like to be heard. I like to know when they’re coming.
The problem is you hand government and courts the right to decide what is hate speech.
In the UK the government is already trying to classify anti-zionist speech as banned hate speech.
Laws are weapons, your enemies can use them against you.
Imagine living in Queensland rn. Where the phrase “from the river to the sea” is banned…
https://www.abc.net.au/news/2026-03-05/qld-hate-speech-laws-passed-parliament/106420306
“Hey Bob, want to kayak from the river to the sea tomorrow”
Government seething intensifies
I’d rather know someone is a nazi then not know
I don’t know why you’re being downvoted. A lot of extremists like to be heard. I like to know when they’re coming.