• PeepinGoodArgs@reddthat.com
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    8 months ago

    I think I’d define it as inciting hate with the aim of persuading people to actions harmful or offensive to the target group…or something like that.

    Should America have laws against socialism?

    You know what? I wish America would try that. It’ll either result in us becoming aware of socialism actually is and/or it’ll attempt outlaw everything good under the sun like advocating for minimum wage laws, UBI, harm reduction policies, etc, such that it’ll be opposed by almost everybody that isn’t a soulless ghoul.

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      8 months ago

      I think I’d define it as inciting hate with the aim of persuading people to actions harmful or offensive to the target group…or something like that

      The first part is already illegal. That’s an action. Offensive ? That’s a vague term. People here love to call republicans fascist. That would hit your description of hate speech and would be criminal.

      If someone refused to use pronouns. That would be illegal.

      Calling me cisgender would be illegal since I find that offensive.

      See how quickly this spirals out of control ?

      German has laws against national socialism, ironically because we forced the laws on them after the war. We were trying to purge nazism.

      We don’t want speech to be criminalized as we are a country of ideas. You may not like the idea but somebody may not yours. Yet, you bough have the right to have your ideas.