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View submission: Should we have freedom of hate speech?
Here in the US there are conservatives who use this argument to say that teaching about the history of slavery, or about systemic racism impedes people’s right to live free of guilt, and damages their self esteem. I find it disingenuous, but the issue does call into question how these boundaries should be drawn.
Comment by VickiActually at 31/01/2025 at 01:05 UTC
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There's no right to live in blissful ignorance. And there's a difference between teaching history from multiple angles, and attacking someone because of their ethnicity.
This is what annoys me about some people I meet online (bad faith people, sadly often American). It's like "hate crimes are stupid, but if they are legit then I'm a victim too". You see this for safe spaces, racism, everything. It's exhausing!!