Well...
There is this thing called "hate speech", you know... And at least here in Canada, it is totally illegal. No freedom there at all.
Is hate speech allowed in the US, in the name of "freedom" and "amendments"? I hope not.
There is this thing called "hate speech", you know... And at least here in Canada, it is totally illegal. No freedom there at all.
Is hate speech allowed in the US, in the name of "freedom" and "amendments"? I hope not.
Yes, it is, and not by accident.
There's a reason it's called "free speech", not "speech that mostly won't offend".
No one has the right to not be offended by ideas in a public forum. If you're unable to handle that, show yourself out if the forum has been granted.
Edit due to HN throttling:
There are costs to living in a free society. I choose to live in the society that I do, and in most cases other options are available to those who don't share my country's ideals (and other country's they can emigrate to).
I can empathize with those who feel persecuted while not being willing to compromise on inalienable rights. That's how tyranny begins.
No one said that. Proponents of free speech are saying that freedom of speech extends to people with abhorrent views as well.
> it's about their rights to feel safe within their own country
There is no such right.