(November 26, 2024 at 5:49 pm)BrianSoddingBoru4 Wrote:(November 26, 2024 at 3:42 pm)MR. Macabre 666 Wrote: That's why it's called freedom of speech, not freedom of speech that we approve of. If someone can't handle any criticism, they need to grow up. Or move to the UK.
Criticism and denigration are two very different things. Racists like to think they’re the same, though.
Boru
Edit: Inextricably linked to free speech is freedom of the press. The UK is rated 23rd in the world, while the US clocks in at 55th place. Cool, huh?
I think that even hate speech should be allowed, for the simple fact that countering it is punching at air if it's stifled. Drive it underground, no one takes it seriously, and now we have AfD in Germany.
I like knowing who are the bigots, and think taking them on is useful.