Hate speech laws in England and Wales are found in several statutes. Expressions of hatred toward someone on account of that person’s colour, race, sex, disability, nationality (including citizenship), ethnic or national origin, religion, gender reassignment, or sexual orientation is forbidden. Any communication which is threatening or abusive, and is intended to harass, alarm, or distress someone is forbidden. The penalties for hate speech include fines, imprisonment, or both. The Police and CPS have formulated a definition of hate crimes and hate incidents, with hate speech forming…
Read more45% Yes |
55% No |
22% Yes |
48% No |
14% Yes, as long as it does not threaten violence |
4% No, and increase penalties for hate speech |
8% Yes, because I don’t trust the government to define the boundaries of hate speech |
3% No, freedom of speech laws should only protect you from criticizing the government |
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@94XCQ2T2yrs2Y
yes, but freedom of expression does not mean freedom from consequence
@8C6LGS24yrs4Y
People should not be free to openly incite racist violence or make any other kind of discriminatory remark, but hate speech that is perceived to be spoken for the good of the people should be protected.
@9LPL9DN3 days3D
If the views aren't based off of hatred of others for the qualities they don't control, such as race, gender, ability, if the speech is meant to give people a wake-up-call they should be protected, if they are meant to preach to a religion/cult they should be persecuted, if the preachers, preach about non-existent problems such as the patriarchy, they should be chased away
@9JHYPPS3mos3MO
Yes, as long as such speech does not explicitly threaten or promote violence, because I don't currently trust the government to define the boundaries of hate speech.
@9JFXTM93mos3MO
Yes, because I don’t trust any government, bureaucracy, agency, social media platform, corporation or any other military-industrial complex entity to define the boundaries of hate speech
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