Subj : Re: free speech
To : Boraxman
From : jimmylogan
Date : Tue May 27 2025 08:29 am
-=> Boraxman wrote to jimmylogan <=-
Bo> "Hate Speech" is just a mushy, vague sentiment used
Bo> to blanket-ban and smear anything they don't want discussed. Its a
Bo> rhetorical device, a language construct used to sway emotion, not a
Bo> descriptive statement. No one really knows what "Hate Speech" is
Bo> aside from a particular political class stating that such and such is
Bo> "hate speech".
Exactly. I remember a few years ago when it was vogue to
describe something as a 'hate crime.' Isn't all crime
hate crime? You don't love your neighbor, so you steal
their property, burn their home, kill them, etc.
... Aibohphobia, n. -- the fear of palindromes.
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