LurkerJ said:
And I am trying to say is that you can't possibly have freedom of belief and enforce hate speech laws simultaneously. On to your next post because we don't seem to disagree here. |
But yes you can! Think that Pakistanis are centipedes in disguise? Fine! Just don't print pamphlets that say that and throw them outside the entrance of the home of a Pakistani family.
Now, I am not saying that this is not a complex task of interpretation. Or that judges always get it right. However, if you find a Muslim outside your house throwing pamphlets that say "all infidels must be killed!" then I assure you that you can call the police and they will arrest that individual inciting hatred. The same law works the same way in all instances. Which is why I took offense to how it was originally presented, that you can somehow be imprisoned for saying that Allah is gay, but it is somehow fine to say that Jesus is gay. You are concentrating on the wrong thing. She is free to believe any crap she wants. It became hate speech when she started throwing ****ing pamphlets around a Muslim neighborhood. Why is that so difficult to comprehend?
Freedom of speech is not freedom of conscience. In western liberal states freedom of speech comes with certain restrictions which is where the concept of hate speech comes in. It's the same thing as when we speak of 'freedom', which still does not mean you can go and freely kill another person. Freedom comes with inherent limitations.