• snooggums
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    361 year ago

    Some countries already have hate speech laws that are limited to inciting violence and they aren’t being abused.

      • @[email protected]
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        201 year ago

        The United States. Speech that is used to incite violence, commit fraud, or is perceived to be a true threat are not protected under the first amendment.

        • @joel_feila
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          -141 year ago

          And it is almost impossible to break that law.

          • @[email protected]
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            91 year ago

            I don’t know about that. I think the more appropriate stance is that it’s almost impossible to have people appropriately prosecuted when they do violate the law. Federal courts are afraid to be the court that starts the chain reaction of more appropriately defining how violation of the law and prosecution should work.

    • Throwaway
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      -221 year ago

      I said ripe for abuse, not that they will be abused. In any case, I haven’t heard of country with hate speech laws that hasn’t been abused in some form. Even in America, we don’t have those laws, but that hasn’t stopped the government from trying.

      • @[email protected]
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        111 year ago

        We don’t have those laws in the form of legislation necessarily in the US but we do have bars on what is covered by the first amendment according to case law.

      • @dragonflyteaparty
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        01 year ago

        By your logic we should get rid of traffic laws because we know they are abused.