Comment Re:Why? (Score 1) 642
You are deeply misguided here
Hate speech does not appeal to reason. Hate speech appeal to feelings and prejudices.
You can not fight feelings with rational arguments (or at least not quickly enough to save people from harm). These laws do not ban any form of rational debate. They just forbid calling for murder or any form of wrongdoing on a feeling. IF you want people to harm or restrict another citizen or group or citizen, IF you say so publicly where someone might listen to you, you'd bloody better back this with some rational arguments. THIS way the attacked persons can defend themselves with other rational arguments, and the public debate you've described can take place. Otherwise how can they defend themselves at all ? They can not deny being what they are, and that's the sole reason prejudiced people will harm them.
Calling upon people's feelings in a public debate is a form of cheating. When this form of cheating entails people deaths (as this has been the case more often than not all over the world) it should not be accepted in any democratic society (which relies on rational debate). This is a criminal act that deserved to be criminalized.
Hate speech does not appeal to reason. Hate speech appeal to feelings and prejudices.
You can not fight feelings with rational arguments (or at least not quickly enough to save people from harm). These laws do not ban any form of rational debate. They just forbid calling for murder or any form of wrongdoing on a feeling. IF you want people to harm or restrict another citizen or group or citizen, IF you say so publicly where someone might listen to you, you'd bloody better back this with some rational arguments. THIS way the attacked persons can defend themselves with other rational arguments, and the public debate you've described can take place. Otherwise how can they defend themselves at all ? They can not deny being what they are, and that's the sole reason prejudiced people will harm them.
Calling upon people's feelings in a public debate is a form of cheating. When this form of cheating entails people deaths (as this has been the case more often than not all over the world) it should not be accepted in any democratic society (which relies on rational debate). This is a criminal act that deserved to be criminalized.
