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Re:Ireland given two months to implement hate speech laws or... by fakedang on Saturday May 10, 2025 @11:01PM (#43950974)
(Public INCITEMENTS to violence) of (HATRED against a group)

Capitalized the primary nouns in each phrase. Basically inciting people into hatred of a particular group, with violent connotations such as burning places of worship, etc.

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Re:Ireland given two months to implement hate speech laws or... by Noumenon72 on Saturday May 10, 2025 @11:25PM (#43951101)
Does that make sense in English grammar? In American English, "incitements of hatred" works, "incitements to violence" works, but they can't both apply to that noun and you're left with "violence of hatred".

It matters, too, because my suspicion is they want to punish hatred as though it were violence.

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Re:Ireland given two months to implement hate speech laws or... by fakedang on Sunday May 11, 2025 @03:16PM (#43956252)
Well they might be, not sure. They're already punishing hatred in the mildest form with months of arrest across the UK.
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