I'm just an avid proponent of free speech, and almost daily now I see it under attack, probably by the most well-meaning people in the world.

Today it's neo-nazis whose rights we are happy to strip away. Next out may be some other "hateful" group... Let's say racists?

But according to what definition of racism? Some people seem to think that recognizing the positive in homogeneity is racist. Others seem to mistake the religion of Islam for a race, so that any criticism of Islam makes someone a racist. And what about the Jews? Are they a race? Or a culture? Or maybe a religion? All of those? Are you a racist if you criticize Israel, a state run by Jews? Some people genuinely says so!

So if we ban "racist" speech, treat it as non-protected... What do we actually ban? And can we trust that whatever we define as racist today, will be the same which is upheld by court tomorrow?

If anything, experience should tell us to be careful, or else we risk sliding down the slippery slope into general censorship.

And it has ofcourse always been done with the best of intentions.

So when I see free speech under attack, I speak up, because I think free speech is a too damned important thing to ruin over petty stuff like individuals feeling offended.

We already have laws against acts of murder, genocide, racism, and what not. We don't need to doubly criminalize it by making speech about it criminal too. That's just redundant and IMO does more harm than good.