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▲ AshleyGrant 3 hours ago

Standing US law disagrees with you.

▲ecshafer 2 hours ago | parent | next [-]

Free speech doesn't come from the constitution, it's an inherent God given right.

▲goatlover an hour ago | parent [-]

Why didn't God tell Moses that? For that matter, which God?

I support the idea of inaelable rights, but tying it to divinity is problematic to say the least.

▲ecshafer 20 minutes ago | parent [-]

Tell every enlightenment philosopher for using that language then.

▲verdverm 25 minutes ago | parent | prev | next [-]

Fortunately, we can change the laws in the US, as long as we do not devolve into a full blown autocracy. Our current Oligopolis is pretty damn close.

▲msla an hour ago | parent | prev [-]

There is no concept of hate speech in US law:

https://www.ala.org/advocacy/intfreedom/hate

> There is no legal definition of "hate speech" under U.S. law, just as there is no legal definition for evil ideas, rudeness, unpatriotic speech, or any other kind of speech that people might condemn.

> In the United States, hate speech is protected by the First Amendment. Courts extend this protection on the grounds that the First Amendment requires the government to strictly protect robust debate on matters of public concern even when such debate devolves into distasteful, offensive, or hateful speech that causes others to feel grief, anger, or fear. (The Supreme Court's decision in Snyder v. Phelps provides an example of this legal reasoning.) Under current First Amendment jurisprudence, hate speech can only be criminalized when it directly incites imminent criminal activity or consists of specific threats of violence targeted against a person or group.