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branford

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17. You explicitly stated "Hate speech has no place in a civilized society."

Reply to philosslayer (Reply #16)

Wed Jan 14, 2015, 07:07 PM

Jan 2015

Unless your argument is that the USA is not part of "civilized society," you appear to advocate criminal speech restrictions in this country as well as France.

My reading comprehension is just fine, thank you. Would you care to respond to whether you are advocating that the USA should similarly criminally restrict certain speech like France?

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France arrests 54 in hate speech crackdown [View all] Rhinodawg Jan 2015 OP

And... in other News...AQAP takes responsibility for attack. Rhinodawg Jan 2015 #1

France has long and tragic experience with hate speech. Their country, their country, their laws. Fred Sanders Jan 2015 #2

And..in other news... Charlie Hebdo Attack Committed By "Magical Shape Shifting Jews" Rhinodawg Jan 2015 #3

Blech leftynyc Jan 2015 #4

Must have been listening to 'Patriot' radio... freshwest Jan 2015 #6

Greta Berlin of the Free Gaza Movement King_David Jan 2015 #7

That's the ultimate useful idiot. Rhinodawg Jan 2015 #22

Same thing was said after 9/11 progressoid Jan 2015 #11

Do they do birthday parties? bobclark86 Jan 2015 #15

I found him. Rhinodawg Jan 2015 #18

I'm Jewish, but cannot magically shape-shift. branford Jan 2015 #19

This message was self-deleted by its author 1000words Jan 2015 #5

There's no better way for France to emphasize its commitment to free speech branford Jan 2015 #8

Speech that is humor is free speech. JDPriestly Jan 2015 #9

Good read. Rhinodawg Jan 2015 #10

"Hate speech" is not a crime anywhere in the USA. branford Jan 2015 #13

Thanks. There has to be a crime in order to have a hate crime. Speech may be associated JDPriestly Jan 2015 #23

The term "hate crime" is deceptive in the USA. branford Jan 2015 #24

Generally true, however, when I looked into this issue about 15 or so years ago, Germans' JDPriestly Jan 2015 #25

Your example has far more to do with European labor protections branford Jan 2015 #26

I believe that the American Bill of Rights restrains the government, while the German rights JDPriestly Jan 2015 #27

Granted, I oversimplified, but in the US, the Constitutional protections of our rights apply to JDPriestly Jan 2015 #29

The US Constitution, particularly the Bill of Rights, branford Jan 2015 #30

Thanks. The article explains the difference and also explains how German law limits speech rights. JDPriestly Jan 2015 #33

Thanks. elleng Jan 2015 #20

Freedom of speech has limits DVDGuy Jan 2015 #31

First, enough with the "yelling fire in a crowded theater" argument. branford Jan 2015 #32

There are many models to free speech, and many are working just fine DVDGuy Jan 2015 #34

This is a welcome development philosslayer Jan 2015 #12

The ACLU and many decades of hard fought liberal and progressive legal victories branford Jan 2015 #14

Reading comprehension is your friend philosslayer Jan 2015 #16

You explicitly stated "Hate speech has no place in a civilized society." branford Jan 2015 #17

My statement stands philosslayer Jan 2015 #21

I am more concerned about the aircraft carrier. Ash_F Jan 2015 #28