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Alexander Of Assyria

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15. Hate speech laws can distinguish the fruits from the vegetables, np! Canadas are very well

Mon Oct 31, 2022, 09:12 AM

Oct 2022

written, and have been effective. Hate speech is dangerous, recognizable, distinct from protected free speech

That a carve out for hate speech free speech can not be done without even greater danger from a suppressive state defining that law is a fiction clung to only by Americans and their holy cow attitude to a clause every other democratic nation with effective hate speech laws also has in their sacred constitutions.

The American manner of charging hate speakers with with an add on civil law violation to an already existant crime is weak tea.

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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