stof said:
Kasz216 said:
stof said:
Kasz216 said:
mrstickball said:
stof said:
Kasz216 said:
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That's not really a hate crime law, it's a blasphemy law. blasphemy and hate speech are very different. For Instance:
"The bible is full of ridiculous crap" - Blasphemy.
"Christians should be burned alive" - hate speech.
ridiculing a belief (or ridiculing an object of belief, as many followers of a religion may still blashpeme against it by criticizing their own god or church) is far different than inciting hatred towards a group of people.
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Nah, not in all countries. In a lot of countries hate speech if something as simple as "All jewish people are liers."
Saying "The bible is full of crap" would be like saying "All christians are idiots."
Either is holding an entire group of people in contempt.
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um... I see a huge difference between criticizing an idea and insulting a person.
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I don't think you understand what hate speech is, Stof:
Hate speech is a term for speech intended to degrade a person or group of people based on their race, gender, age, ethnicity, nationality ...
(from google define: hate speech). It doesn't have to involve threats.
By that definition, they are very similar. The only difference is who they are protecting. Hate speech laws usually protect minorities from the majority, and blasphemy laws protect the majority from the minority. Both are dumb.
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More or less what i'm getting at. Though insulting someones faith also does tread on insulting someone.
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Yes, I misspoke in my original post about the nature of hate speech, as it is the intended degradation of a group, and not purely the inciting of hatred or violence towards them. But the point I was making was that criticizing or insulting a religion is different than criticizing or insulting a group of people.
Hate speech laws protect people, as opposed to blasphemy laws that protect religions.
People are people, religions are not, which is why hate speech laws are arguably beneficial (I'd argue yes, Kasz would argue no), where as a blasphemy law is downright head in ass attrocious by just about any measure.
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Hate speech laws do not protect people. They protect a GROUP of people.
As do this law. Uneeded protection, but protection none the less.
Insulting a religion really is no different then insulting an ethnic group at it's base. Since an insult against either is one that effects all its members.
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Insulting a religion is very much different than insulting a group of people. Because a religion is just a set of ideas and statements. The fact that someone believes them to be true doesn't mean they are suddenly above criticism.
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No. Religion isn't just a group of ideas. It's part of a persons identity and culture. It's as much part of a persons identity as racial or ethnic background.
Also, nothing is above criticism.
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