bovine wrote:I firmly support freedom of speech with very few restrictions. Someone brought up the idea that freedom of speech does not protect hate speech. I have to disagree. My main reasoning for this is that what defines "hate speech" is open to interpretation.
Example: The Klan organizes a racist demonstration in which no physical violence occurs. I show up at the demonstration to protest the Klan's views. A gov't official says the Klan is speaking hate and should be censored. However, the Klan then objects saying that my protest of their views was showing my hate of them. Obviously my opinion is that the Klan is the hateful organization and I am speaking for "anti-hate". But do you see how it can be viewed both ways?
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