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The case for restricting hate speech
LA Times ^ | June 21, 2017 | Laura Beth Nielsen

Posted on 06/22/2017 6:39:53 AM PDT by C19fan

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To: C19fan
This is why we don't restrict "hate speech"

Germany Raids Homes of 36 People Accused of Hateful Postings Over Social Media
41 posted on 06/22/2017 8:08:15 AM PDT by slumber1 (Islam delenda est)
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To: csivils

It’s now spelled D-I-E-V-E-R-S-I-T-Y.


42 posted on 06/22/2017 8:12:13 AM PDT by ichabod1 (Smoke does not mean fire when someone threw a smoke grenade.)
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From the article:

“Many readers will find this line of thinking repellent. They will insist that protecting hate speech is consistent with and even central to our founding principles. They will argue that regulating hate speech would amount to a serious break from our tradition. They will trivialize the harms that social science research undeniably associates with being the target of hate speech, and call people seeking recognition of these affronts “snowflakes.”

Yep, that would be me.

As a white man I suffer institutionalized hate speech daily.

But I would not use the force of the state to restrict it. I believe I can handle that myself.

It’s the SNOWFLAKES that wish to harness the power of the state to further repress the White Male.


43 posted on 06/22/2017 8:13:40 AM PDT by Mariner (War Criminal #18)
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