Re: Censoship List

Big Al <[email protected]>
Newsgroups gmane.comp.mozilla.general
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On 1/13/21 6:19 PM, this is what Ken Springer wrote:
> On 1/13/21 3:21 PM, Grant Taylor wrote:
>> On 1/13/21 2:51 PM, Ken Springer wrote:
>>> Technically hate speech is censorship,
>>
>> How is hate speech censorship?  Or are you describing an effect of hate
>> speech driving others away, thus censoring what they would have said?
>>
>> If so, I find that considerably different than something like censoring
>> / bleeping cuss words on TV.
>>
>>> The biggest problem here is who gets to define it.  you may find some
>>> speech as hateful, others may not.
>>
>> There is usually a commonly accepted average of what is and is not
>> hateful.  There's also how it's used.  Talking about something in the
>> abstract vs using it to describe someone (ad hominem attack) are two
>> considerably different things.  The former may be a slippery slope,
>> while the latter is a step too far.
> 
> But all in all, the demarcation line here is still in the eye of the beholder.
> 
>> A quote from a judge comes to mind:  I can't define porn, but I sure
>> know it when I see it.
> 
> It's from a US Supreme Court justice, but I don't remember which one.
> 
> 
> 
It wasn't the Larry FLint Case?



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