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Re:Speech is violence? Not if we want a liberal, intellectua... by commandlinefan on Wednesday February 15, 2023 @05:11PM (#34811439)
> I don't think that most of the people who equate hate speech with violence are literally requesting assualt charges be brought

Well, they're literally doing this in the UK - people have and are being arrested for offensive speech.

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Re:Speech is violence? Not if we want a liberal, intellectua... by gallopingcomp on Wednesday February 15, 2023 @06:56PM (#34812803)
And sometimes fined, but also sometimes having their convictions overturned - https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hate_speech_laws_in_the_Unit...

Not “literally” the same as assault charges though - “public order” laws have a long sordid history of their own.

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