Politics

The Folly of Criminalizing “Hate”

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September 10, 2024

Yet another discouraging trend in law in the UK, Europe, and the US has been the criminalization of what authorities call ”hate speech.“ However, much of what passes for such “speech” in innocuous at worst and historically has been protected.

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