RE: Is there free speech in Belfast?
July 17, 2015 at 6:15 pm
(This post was last modified: July 17, 2015 at 6:16 pm by The Grand Nudger.)
I get that -you- don;t...but what -you- see as hate speech and what any given state might determine to -be- hate speech aren't always the same, eh>? Europe is full of hate speech laws that, to me...don't seem to have much to do with hate speech, for example.
If you form a resistance then you're at least partially responsible, sure, and an oppressive state could use hate speech laws to silence you on that count. It provides a tool for "less than ethical" authorities to deem whatever is not in their interests "hate speech". That's all.
That is the case, often enough, with crime lords or even military commanders. We don't hold people uniformly responsible for the actions of their underlings, nor should we. That doesn't prevent us from holding them responsible in some particular case, some particular action.
If you form a resistance then you're at least partially responsible, sure, and an oppressive state could use hate speech laws to silence you on that count. It provides a tool for "less than ethical" authorities to deem whatever is not in their interests "hate speech". That's all.
That is the case, often enough, with crime lords or even military commanders. We don't hold people uniformly responsible for the actions of their underlings, nor should we. That doesn't prevent us from holding them responsible in some particular case, some particular action.
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