Why Laws Against Hate Speech Are Dangerous
by Fjordman • January 18, 2020 at 5:00 am
There is a tendency, to censor certain viewpoints because they might "offend" others. The problem is, it is not the inoffensive things that need protecting; it is only the offensive things that do.... Freedom of speech exists precisely to protect the minority from the tyranny of the majority.
"[T]he freedom of Speech may be taken away, and, dumb and silent we may be led, like sheep, to the Slaughter." — US President George Washington, 1783.
How come it is all right to publish the original source, prescribing murder, but that it is "hate speech" to point out that quote?
https://www.gatestoneinstitute.org/15256/hate-speech-laws
