Re:Cognitive ability is related to supporting freedom of spe...
by michaelmrose on Saturday September 10, 2022 @05:06PM
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If they aren't actually sneaking into your country on reindeer-back and you are just trying to stir up hate for blonds I have no problem with you being punished for inciting hate.
Re:Cognitive ability is related to supporting freedom of spe...
by causality0 on Saturday September 10, 2022 @07:30PM
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See? You are the answer to Who is calling for people to be arrested for what they say? Or to be blocked from being able to say it out loud?
I said a significant fraction of the HN user base shares your opinion and user D23 said he didn't understand how anyone could think that was true. Well, Q.E.D.
Re:Cognitive ability is related to supporting freedom of spe...
by michaelmrose on Sunday September 11, 2022 @02:34AM
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If speech is provably false and part of a pattern of disinformation designed to stir up hate and violence why is it a problem to police it?
See the disinfo about jewish people followed thereafter by the mass murder of jewish people.
Re:Cognitive ability is related to supporting freedom of spe...
by causality0 on Sunday September 11, 2022 @09:58AM
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If speech is provably false and part of a pattern of disinformation designed to stir up hate and violence why is it a problem to police it?
My opinion on that is irrelevant because that isn't the topic of discussion. This comment chain regards d23's disagreement with my assertion that a significant fraction of the HN user base (like you) believe hate speech should be illegal. I'm not saying you're right or wrong; I'm just saying you exist on this website.
Certainly, which is why I used the specific example of "saying racist things on the internet". It isn't a threat or harassment to tweet about how "those filthy stinking Norwegians keep sneaking into our country on reindeer-back and we need to deport them all before they molest our horses" but it would still be a crime in the UK as hate speech.