The Fine Line Between Hate Speech and Freedom Of Speech

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  1. Maquiscat

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    No it's not. If my speech is based upon the hate I feel then it is hate speech and a true thing. It's still subjective, but it is not based upon the listener's subjective view. That is the false hate speech of those wanting these laws. No one but me can truly say whether or not my speech is based on hate but me, unless I state as much out loud.
     
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    Well then go to a college and say that there's two genders and genetic abnormalities.

    That should be just fine since that's a fact.
     
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    Again that is the difference between what is actual hate speech, and what others want it to be. Just because they think I am saying things with hate, does not mean I am. However, if I feel hate when I say it, then it is hate speech.
     
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    So we'd have to trust the speaker to tell us if something they say is hate speech or not.
     
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    Not what I am saying. I am saying that it is a real thing and that it is based upon the speaker's emotions. We can never be 100% certain of a speaker's emotional basis of their speech. But that does not change the fact that he can indeed speak with hate, and thus it is factually hate speech.
     
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    Yet the only way to know if something is hate speech is if the speaker admits to it, based on your definition.
     
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    I am not trying to claim that it is knowable by anyone other than the speaker themself. At least anymore than we can know whatever other emotion is behind their speech. I am only pointing out, counter to your claim that hate speech isn't real, that it is indeed real, just not in the way that those who want hate speech laws want it to be.
     
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    I don't think your definition of "hate speech" is in line with the "hate speech" definition as used in the OP.
     
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    You didn't context it as such. You simply made a blanket statement and I point out that it was factually wrong.
     
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    Well I kinda assumed we were all talking about the OP.
     
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    If had said "hate speech doesn't exist as you're defining it" it wouldn't have even hit my radar. But there have been others I've encountered that want to claim that it doesn't exist at all, in the manner I was arguing and as you seem to have put out. I think when it comes to hate speech laws and freedom of speech, we are on the same page though.
     
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    Yeah I don't think it exists.

    I mean, you can say things in a hateful way, but it's not an actual category of speech.

    You can't define hate speech, as it's entirely subjective to the parties involved.
     
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    It's not a category, it's an adjective based upon the actual emotion of the speaker. Emotions are factual. What makes a person feel a given emotion to a given situation is subjective, but the fact remains that they feel that emotion. And thus when they speak, that speech is {emotion} speech. There is hate speech, love speech, sadness speech, whatever. They all factually exist, because emotions are factual.

    Again don't mistake me saying that anyone else can necessarily tell other than the speaker. I might be successful in hiding my hate. And simply disagreeing does not mean the speaker hates. Hence why only the speaker will truly know if his speech is hate speech or not.
     
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    That's not what the left, or the MSM (same thing really), is talking about when they say "hate speech".
     
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    I understand that. Just because they are wrong about what hate speech is, does not mean it doesn't exist. It only means they arrwrong about it.
     
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    I've never heard of your definition of hate speech.

    Have you anything to support that or is it just your opinion?
     
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    Probably because what I am saying is logical based and not emotional based knee jerking wishful thinking of the ones who want to punish those who don't think like they do.

    Again this is logic, so let's step through it.
    Are emotions factual or not?
     
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    Spot on! The idea of "hate speech" is stupid.
     
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    Wrong. Hate speech is only an opinion defined by each person. I say hate speech does not exist....prove me wrong.
     
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    Very well. So I'm going to do this one logical step at a time. Keep in mind that I am going to prove that hate speech is real and factual, NOT that it is defined as the OP thinks.

    Are emotions factually real?
     
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    Factually real? Nothing is factually real.
     
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    So facts do not exist?
     
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    Facts or perceptions of facts? What you see as a "fact" may not be seen as such by someone else.
     
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    So you are only a preception, not a fact?
     
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    To you, what else can I be?
     

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