The reason I wouldn’t call myself a free speech absolutist is that I don’t think people should have the right to intentionally lie and mislead people from a position of authority.
The reason this is relevant is that I cannot think of an example of hate speech that is truthful. And the reporter’s question was about whether Trump viewed hate speech as free speech.
The only part of hate speech that’s true is there are quite a few minority groups that have been thoroughly oppressed and traumatized that result in inevitably higher crime statistics.
So you get those assholes who talk about how minorities commit more crimes, but ignore that law enforcement is harder on them, and they come from lower socioeconomic backgrounds.
Nobody has ever provided real evidence that one race or ethnicity is superior to others. We have superficial differences like face shape or skin colour and that’s it. The rest is culture and society.
The answer, of course, is that to Trump (and all his cult) “hate speech” = “anything that is said I don’t like” and “free speech” = “anything that is said I like.” So they can never be the same thing.
I think fraud laws should be extended outwards from economic law and cover mass manipulation. Make politicians legally honest. Provide robust investigative support to prove or disprove intent. Unintentional mass manipulation gets injunctions. Intentional gets fraud convictions.
The reason I wouldn’t call myself a free speech absolutist is that I don’t think people should have the right to intentionally lie and mislead people from a position of authority.
The reason this is relevant is that I cannot think of an example of hate speech that is truthful. And the reporter’s question was about whether Trump viewed hate speech as free speech.
All politicians making public statements should be considered under oath and subject to perjury charges.
The only part of hate speech that’s true is there are quite a few minority groups that have been thoroughly oppressed and traumatized that result in inevitably higher crime statistics.
So you get those assholes who talk about how minorities commit more crimes, but ignore that law enforcement is harder on them, and they come from lower socioeconomic backgrounds.
Nobody has ever provided real evidence that one race or ethnicity is superior to others. We have superficial differences like face shape or skin colour and that’s it. The rest is culture and society.
The answer, of course, is that to Trump (and all his cult) “hate speech” = “anything that is said I don’t like” and “free speech” = “anything that is said I like.” So they can never be the same thing.
I think fraud laws should be extended outwards from economic law and cover mass manipulation. Make politicians legally honest. Provide robust investigative support to prove or disprove intent. Unintentional mass manipulation gets injunctions. Intentional gets fraud convictions.
Lying for political gain should be just as much a criminal fraud as lying for financial gain.