#hate speech

We all know that hate speech laws are stupid. They turn things into thought crimes essentially a murder is a murder is a murder and when you try to analyze the thoughts of a person and outlaw certain ones after they committed a crime it is a slippery slope to other weird shit. Ignorant stuff like you see in the UK where an autistic girl was just arrested for hate speech by telling a cop she looked like her lesbian grandmother. BTW, the girls grandma was lesbian and resembled the cop, not that it matters much because it shouldn't be illegal to insult somebody anyways.

Gregg Abbot and many other Republicans are signing laws that stop antisemitism. In Gregg Abbots case he is using executive orders to do so and is using phrasing like ""We have to keep our universities SAFE SPACES"

These are the same people just a few years ago who were crying that twitter and facebook were not free speech places. The republican party is a big tent party, but just like we removed neocons from the party we also need to remove whatever this bullshit is. Free speech is sacred and we can't have both political parties opposed to it. At least one party has to be the party of freedom . Punish these people by allowing democrats to win if they go against principles such as free speech. https://thedailytexan.com/2024/04/01/civil-rights-organizations-uts-palestine-solidarity-committee-condemn-abbotts-executive-order-regarding-university-free-speech-policies/

Freedom of speech is dead in Ireland. It has been murdered by the typical libtard 'hate speech' nonsense that allows corrupt governments and malicious people to destroy others for disagreeing with them. Not only that, but a reversal of the golden criminal justice principle of 'innocent until proven guilty' is about to take effect, too, wherein people need to explain why they have material on their devices, else they are assumed guilty. FuzJqkqX0AEbXtR (1080×1137) (twimg.com)

Ireland is about to pass a law that prevents people from having "material that is likely to incite violence or hatred against a person or group of person". What that means in practice is that if you have something that is political that refers to controversial issues on your phone or laptop, those are illegal and could be used to criminally prosecute you, because the standard for inciting violence/hatred is vague and assumes you're guilty.

If you have a picture of Hitler on your laptop or phone, perhaps used for a research project at school, you'll need to explain yourself before a judge. If you have a meme about Asians not driving well, you'll need to explain yourself before a judge. If you have a video of some African Muslims bashing people, you'll need to explain yourself in front of a judge.

Say what you want about America and its failings, but at least it has robust freedom of speech and criminal justice laws.