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Post by Edward-Elizabeth-Hitler on Mar 6, 2017 18:56:14 GMT
Hate speech laws protect people the state wishes to defend. In Canada the group most affected by "hate crimes" are Jews, so Canada responds by trying to further protection of Muslims, because Diversity. In the UK "Misogyny" is becoming an actual punishable offense, because whether something is said due to hatred of women isn't at all down to interpretation. Misandry, nah thats cool. In Northern Europe, things are being deliberately miscategorised as "racist" to punish them as hate crimes, such as critising the government. See the comic who took the piss out of Ergodan. Note Americans, everything you have said about Trump or Clinton would have been punishable under certain European laws. Blasphemy laws have no place in Western society and again only protect certain groups. Theists can say whatever they like about atheism and atheists, but I cannot say Islam is bollocks and Christianity is dumb. Er...the Erdogan thing was not characterised as "racist". All it did was highlight an extremely out of date law against insulting foreign heads of state. If I'm not mistaken that law has now been overturned and the comic was found not guilty.
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Post by thorshairspray on Mar 6, 2017 23:58:24 GMT
Why not stop all behaviour because somebody is going to be "offended" Why should I give a shit whether a person is "offended" or not? If it doesnt infringe on free speech and decreases harm then sure. Because emotional paiin is bad, that is why you should "give a shit". So who gets to decide what is offensive?
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