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12. And "hate speech" laws are bullshit.

Mon Jan 8, 2018, 07:13 PM

Jan 2018

Fuck that shit. Incitement has a legal meaning. "Incitement to hate" does not.

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Libel laws are too weak [View all] NCDem777 Jan 2018 OP

There's this First Amendment thing... The Velveteen Ocelot Jan 2018 #1

yeah, the slander/libel laws are pretty decent Takket Jan 2018 #2

But in some states, like TX NCDem777 Jan 2018 #5

Does accountability for actions NCDem777 Jan 2018 #3

Problem is... renegade000 Jan 2018 #6

And "hate speech" laws are bullshit. X_Digger Jan 2018 #12

Who's more guilty of libel... C_U_L8R Jan 2018 #8

No, they're not. n/t X_Digger Jan 2018 #9