Monday, July 6, 2009
- hate speech should be banned
Obviously certain racist or sexist rhetoric is repulsive, but should it ever be banned? Who gets to decide what is repulsive? It seems to me that "hate speech" is quite often just speech that may disturb the people in charge. For certain religious groups, hate speech is anything that might disturb their little fantasy bubble (AKA faith). These groups often use the term "offensive" as if that, in and of itself, is enough to stop ME from saying it. Well, I don't particularly care what these deluded individuals think.. My right to say what I want, when I want trumps the 'right' of their piddling little egos not to be 'offended.' The first amendment guarantees me this, while it in no place mentions that terribly pathetic work "offensive."
