Civil Liberties

stopdiggin

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9. that rather depends on how you define

Reply to mahatmakanejeeves (Original post)

Sun Oct 30, 2022, 11:08 AM

Oct 2022

'harm to others' doesn't it?

So - any discussion of abortion is clearly off the table. Conversion therapy for transgenders - out. CRTheory - doesn't work for white people. Climate change - can't do that with goring a few oxen. "Divest" (from XYZ)? - why certainly not!

And of course the shelves and shelves of literature - full of harmful notions and ideas - starting with fad diets, and moving on up to all patriarchal religion (or heck, just any religion at all). Doling out 'harm' for years ...

As W. would have said (if he was truly sentient) - it really does come down to "Who is the decider?"

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"I protect a lot of harmful speech. A short thread" [View all] mahatmakanejeeves Oct 2022 OP

And I am glad it does. nycbos Oct 2022 #1

Canada and Britain and Germany are free, more than America these days...no coup attempt! Alexander Of Assyria Oct 2022 #3

Somebody forgot to tell them that. mahatmakanejeeves Oct 2022 #5

Breach of peace is another section of criminal code separate from hate speech section. Alexander Of Assyria Oct 2022 #6

tomato, tomahto -(nt)- stopdiggin Oct 2022 #7

Hate speech laws can distinguish the fruits from the vegetables, np! Canadas are very well Alexander Of Assyria Oct 2022 #15

There's no First Amendment exception for hate speech mahatmakanejeeves Oct 2022 #16

Let's say the Biden motorcade is coming through my fair city. Along with my like-minded friends, I mahatmakanejeeves Oct 2022 #8

No crime committed!? Hate speech laws are very specific and ofc a judge has the final say. Alexander Of Assyria Oct 2022 #14

"Hate speech laws are very specific ..." mahatmakanejeeves Oct 2022 #17

"The maximum punishment if a case is remitted to the High Court remains imprisonment for life..." discntnt_irny_srcsm Oct 2022 #13

Also protects hate speech. Why??? America is incompetent in writing hate speech laws Alexander Of Assyria Oct 2022 #2

Which countries would those be? mahatmakanejeeves Oct 2022 #4

that rather depends on how you define stopdiggin Oct 2022 #9

Thanks for the edit. I couldn't figure out who "H.W." was. NT. mahatmakanejeeves Oct 2022 #10

that was an obvious (Sunday morning) blunder -(nt)- stopdiggin Oct 2022 #11

It's Sunday? NT mahatmakanejeeves Oct 2022 #12