Subj : Re: free speech
To   : Boraxman
From : jimmylogan
Date : Tue May 27 2025 08:29:29

-=> Boraxman wrote to jimmylogan <=-

 Bo>   "Hate Speech" is just a mushy, vague sentiment used
 Bo> to blanket-ban and smear anything they don't want discussed.  Its a
 Bo> rhetorical device, a language construct used to sway emotion, not a
 Bo> descriptive statement.  No one really knows what "Hate Speech" is
 Bo> aside from a particular political class stating that such and such is
 Bo> "hate speech".

Exactly. I remember a few years ago when it was vogue to
describe something as a 'hate crime.' Isn't all crime
hate crime? You don't love your neighbor, so you steal
their property, burn their home, kill them, etc.



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