Comments by "TheEvertw" (@TheEvertw) on "You're Wrong About The 1st Amendment" video.

  1. If hate speech can not be banned outright, it should be easy to convict people who utter hate speech when it likely caused people to be hurt or properties to be damaged. Speech can have consequences. In case you haven't noticed, the USA is getting in a zone where people are prepared to do violence because they feel their rights are threatened, as a result of hate speech. This can get very ugly. You may frown at these stupid Europeans for having anti-hate speech laws, but they have learned through painful experience what it can lead to. That the USA has yet to learn that lesson is not due to nobody being hurt there through hate speech, but by the victims mainly being minorities, like the native Americans, immigrants, people of color, LGBTQ+ people etc. The thing about hate speech, and the fallacy of "hate speech should lead to more speech", is that if the hate is spread by a large-enough group, it will drown out the victims and the silent majority. As happened in 1930-ies Germany, and is happening in the USA right now. A minority group can not defend itself against an onslaught of hate. It needs the protection of the Law. Especially when ruthless politicians and media moguls are spouting the hate.
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