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[–] TehPers@beehaw.org 6 points 2 weeks ago (5 children)

On one hand, this feels very "thoughtcrime"-y. On the other, certain people should probably just not have a platform to spew their nonsense on. I'm curious to see how this plays out.

[–] Allero@lemmy.today 3 points 2 weeks ago (1 children)

I feel like banning their speech will only make them look like martyrs

[–] BurningRiver@beehaw.org 8 points 2 weeks ago

I feel like as long as the banned speech is extremely specifically defined, I don’t care if they look like martyrs. “The holocaust never happened” is easily defined as holocaust denial, and it’s easy to enforce.

The problems arrive when a law is passed with an ambiguous, poorly defined meaning like “hate speech”. Hate speech can really mean anything someone else doesn’t like.

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