• Poggervania
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    92 years ago

    “Arrest this person, they said something I don’t like!”

    Dude’s a certified sexist and racist douche and deserves to be ridiculed for what he says, but I’ll defend freedom of speech. Doesn’t mean he has freedom of consequence, but he can say whatever he wants.

    • @Raphael
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      -32 years ago

      Racism is a crime, even in America.

      • chaogomu
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        32 years ago

        Sadly, it is not. Hate speech is just speech in America, protected by the first amendment like any other form of speech.

        Furthermore, there are zero laws that outlaw racism, because the people writing the laws have historically been the racists. They aren’t going to outlaw their own words.