Should Hate-Speech be protected?
The South Islands
20-10-2005, 16:08
On one thread a while ago, there was a debate over hate speech, and weather it should be protected as free speech.
I ask you this, should hate speech be protected under the various Free Speech clauses of the world's constitutions?
Ashmoria
20-10-2005, 16:12
sure it should. same as any other speech
exactly the same, with the same restrictions.
Drunk commies deleted
20-10-2005, 16:12
ALL speech should be protected.
The South Islands
20-10-2005, 16:14
Racist speech, sexist speech, the likes.
A good example would be the Ku Klux Klan in the U.S. They continually say that Blacks should be seperated from whites, that they are an inferior race.
If this question was directed at Americans, I would have asked about the KKK. But, I wanted a more international sampling, so I asked this.
Sexist speech is hate speech? Wtf?
The South Islands
20-10-2005, 16:15
Sexist speech is hate speech? Wtf?
Possibly.
Possibly.
I've never seen it defined as such before.
The South Islands
20-10-2005, 16:20
I've never seen it defined as such before.
Some people could define sexist speak as hate speech. I was just giving examples of what people may consider hate speech.
Smunkeeville
20-10-2005, 16:20
I really worry about restricting any type of speach, hate-speach is something that is highly subjective. Freedom of speach should include freedom of all speach. (with certain restrictions like yelling "FIRE" in a movie theater.)
I don't like 90% of what other people say, but I can choose not to listen.
Some people could define sexist speak as hate speech. I was just giving examples of what people may consider hate speech.
Hate speech law tends to be quite narrow and isn't just "what people could define things as."
Santa Barbara
20-10-2005, 16:27
If you don't allow freedom of speech, discontented members of society will find nonverbal means of expressing themselves.
In the case of hate speech, this is usually not a good thing.
Big Jim P
20-10-2005, 16:28
Protection of unpopular ideas is actually the whole point to protecting free speach. It is easy to say "you are free to say what you will, as long as it isn't offensive" It is far harder to defend someones right to say something offensive and unpopular.
OceanDrive2
20-10-2005, 16:33
I ask you this, should hate speech be protected under the various Free Speech clauses of the world's constitutions?The default answer should be...Speech is Speech... all Speech should be protected.
Now I have a Question...
In your opinion..what IS "hate speech" ???