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Re:Canada to make online hate speech a crime punishable by fine by lm28469 on Monday June 28, 2021 @06:51AM (#27660182)
That doesn't make much sense to me. You're not "free" to do X if X is punished by law.

By that logic you're also free to kill your neighbor, you'll just suffer consequences.

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Re:Canada to make online hate speech a crime punishable by fine by fghfghfghfghfgh on Monday June 28, 2021 @07:18AM (#27660375)
We are talking about freedom to speak - not freedom to kill.
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Re:Canada to make online hate speech a crime punishable by fine by nybble41 on Monday June 28, 2021 @05:58PM (#27668745)
There is a difference between social consequences (e.g. ostracism) and legal consequences (e.g. fines, imprisonment, corporal punishment).
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