Reply #48: the govt. has NOT determined that speech can be outlawed [View All]

[paulsby]

merely for being "hateful" or "offensive" and we don't have hate speech laws.
our speech restrictions are MUCH narrower than countries like the UK, canada, france, etc. and i LIKE freedom and applaud this

we have, like every nation, laws against incitement (subject to the brandenburg standard), a true threats standard, etc.

however we do NOT prosecute speech because it is hateful, etc. which is a good thing. the govt. should not be the arbiter of what speech and what groups deserve protection for hateful speech. that's way too much power to cede to govt.