@SrRochardBunson @volkris @thejenniwren Hate speech isn't just a thing "unpopular", it's criminal, & twitter is going to be sued in German courts for not removing antisemitic hate speech.
Hate speech is not #FreeSpeech!
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@ArenaCops @SrRochardBunson @thejenniwren
Well now you're getting into the differences between laws in different jurisdictions.
In the US it is unconstitutional to criminalize speech period.
But yes, the US has more protections for free speech, including hate speech however that might be defined, than many other countries.
@volkris @SrRochardBunson @thejenniwren What the Constitution didn't say, but implicitly expressed is, that by its then ethical standards free speech has to be tolerated as long it's neither intolerant nor harmful leading to the decline of its standards guaranteeing freedoms & liberties.
And no, as @SrRochardBunson already said, Brandenburg vs Ohio limited the tolerable extent of free speech, when eg incitement produces an imminent danger, period!
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@ArenaCops @SrRochardBunson @thejenniwren
It's always funny when people start to treat the Constitution as if it was a Nostradamus composition to be decoded through some special set of steps to find the secret hidden meaning between the lines.
No, the Constitution was very clear on this particular point. Congress shall make no law abridging the freedom of speech.
It says absolutely nothing about ethics or tolerance or harm or anything else there. It simply says Congress shall make no such law.
We are of course free to change this. We could amend the Constitution to actually talk about tolerance and limits and community standards or whatever else we would like. I would say it would be a bad idea, but at least we need to recognize what the document says before we talk about ways we might want to improve the federal government.
@volkris @SrRochardBunson @thejenniwren It's always funny when people interpret freedom of speech as if there were no anti-incitement, -libel, -slander, -defamation & other anti-crime laws clearly drawing the limits of #freespeech
As a matter of protecting peace, order & lives within societies & communities there's no way around preventing & deterring the use of harmful speech.
And you bet, the Founders knew & meant it damn well.
Keep on having a good time with your personal interpretation of free speech!
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