Freedom of speech is the freedom of me to tell you what you don't want to hear.
It does not include me insulting you.
So many people have problems with this concept.
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Freedom of speech is the freedom of me to tell you what you don't want to hear.
It does not include me insulting you.
So many people have problems with this concept.
insult is only exempted from freedom of speech only if it can be demonstrated to cause physical and/or financial injury. i can call anyone anything i like so long as i do not cause them physical or financial harm by doing it.
we already have laws against incitement, defamation, assault, and murder.
we don't need thought crime, or feelings crime. these are why it has been popularized that intent is important. this is not so. outcome is the metric, not intent. at least this is so under common law, based on reason, and not sophistry designed to limit liberty of natural rights.
hate speech is already being manipulated to create tyranny against certain opinions, but that is all it is, a manipulation, not reason.