DeathFlowerKing wrote:
ASPartOfMe wrote:
DeathFlowerKing wrote:
Freedom of Speech is overrated. I'm in favor of silencing Trump and his supporters.
As a very small minority who “think differently” Autistic people should be the last people in favor of censorship. It could be turned against us as in it is made illegal to advocate for the neurodiversity movement because it is propagandizing people into not getting cured or treatment for a terrible disease that makes people not human, or outlawing stimming because it makes people uncomfortable.
Well I'm not in favor of allowing Trumpian fascism to take over our country because certain people have the 'freedom' to spread dangerous lies and conspiracy theories. Besides these people are going to take away our rights to freely express ourselves sooner or later and you all know it.
Exactly. At that point it will be too late to realize that you made censorship more acceptable, and possibly taught them effective ways of doing that.
University of MilwaukeeQuote:
Hate speech may be offensive and hurtful; however, it is generally protected by the First Amendment. One common definition of hate speech is “any form of expression through which speakers intend to vilify, humiliate or incite hatred against a group or a class of persons on the basis of race, religion, skin color, sexual identity, gender identity, ethnicity, disability or national origin.”
Courts have ruled that restrictions on hate speech would conflict with the First Amendment’s protection of the freedom of expression.
With these considerations in mind, courts in the United States have found that expression generally cannot be punished based on its content or viewpoint. Thus, although hate speech, alone, receives constitutional protection, any expression that constitutes a true threat, incitement to imminent lawless action, discriminatory harassment or defamation can be punished by UWM for those reasons.
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