• Arrakis@lemmy.world
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    1 year ago

    People often forget that their right to free speech ends where it impacts the rights of others.

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      1 year ago

      I don’t think there is a “right not be offended” and i also don’t think there should be. if only for the fact that offense is entirely subjective.

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        1 year ago

        I didn’t say anything about offense…

        You can’t call someone a racial slur and claim it was free speech, for example.

        Edit

        Is it really that controversial that hate speech isn’t the same as free speech? Really?

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            1 year ago

            Maybe you should look up the definition of hate speech.

            I’m not saying it’s what happened here, but the idea it’s about “offense” is something worthy of the Daily Mail. The law doesn’t deal with opinion in reality, only headlines.

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                1 year ago

                Yes… That’s exactly what I’ve been saying, your right to free speech ends when it becomes hate speech. I’m not really sure what point you’re trying to make.

                Re: your edit. Are you trying to say that hate speech should be allowed? I’m genuinely baffled.

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                  if i am not free to speak hate then i do not have free speech

                  your argument can be turned around, your “right” not to be offended ends where it infringes on my right to free speech.

                  What is considered “Hate” speech is essentially a line arbitrarily drawn in the sand

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                    1 year ago

                    Hahahaha

                    Alrighty then. We shall agree to disagree. Good thing the law is on the side of sense, and not your fixation on offense (which, again, is nothing to do with it).

                    Re your edit: if you actually knew what hate speech is defined as in law, you’d know that’s not true.

                    It seems all the edgy teenagers are out in force today, so I’m outta here! Toodle-ooo!