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Re:China’s experiment in ranking and monitoring citizens has... by faitswulff on Saturday April 07, 2018 @10:16AM (#16780788)
Shouldn't hate speech should be punished?
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Re:China’s experiment in ranking and monitoring citizens has... by acct1771 on Saturday April 07, 2018 @10:30AM (#16780842)
Offending someone shouldn't be illegal. Period.

Directly inciting actual physical violence, you might have an argument for.

But words and ideas must remain free to maintain any semblance of a free society.

As other commenters have said: who decides?

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Re:China’s experiment in ranking and monitoring citizens has... by i_am_nomad on Saturday April 07, 2018 @10:17AM (#16780793)
The problem with that is, who defines what “hate” is?
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Re:China’s experiment in ranking and monitoring citizens has... by chrischen on Saturday April 07, 2018 @10:25AM (#16780824)
London deemed hate wpeech punishable, China determines certain speech (that it deems bad for society as well) punishable. No difference except for a difference in perspective.
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Re:China’s experiment in ranking and monitoring citizens has... by Karunamon on Saturday April 07, 2018 @10:24AM (#16780814)
No. Not because of the usual slippery slope reasons, but because denying someone their freedom for mere words is abhorrent.
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