“Free-speech is killing us.” (But violent crime is lower than ever)
Another chicken little call based on a lie.
“In a New York Times op-ed headlined "Free Speech Is Killing Us," Marantz writes that "noxious speech is causing tangible harm." Citing the ideologically motivated killings in Charlottesville and El Paso, he warns that something must be done to prevent extremist speech from continuing to inspire violence.”
“Today the U.S. has greater protections for free speech and less violence. The Supreme Court has recognized increasingly fewer exceptions to the First Amendment over the last several decades. The result has not been an increase in violence: The violent crime rate has plummeted since the early 1990s.”
https://reason.com/2019/10/04/ucr-vio...
“In a New York Times op-ed headlined "Free Speech Is Killing Us," Marantz writes that "noxious speech is causing tangible harm." Citing the ideologically motivated killings in Charlottesville and El Paso, he warns that something must be done to prevent extremist speech from continuing to inspire violence.”
“Today the U.S. has greater protections for free speech and less violence. The Supreme Court has recognized increasingly fewer exceptions to the First Amendment over the last several decades. The result has not been an increase in violence: The violent crime rate has plummeted since the early 1990s.”
https://reason.com/2019/10/04/ucr-vio...
Now that would do a lot of good: replacing Sandberg at FB. Zucker will never go for it though.
As the article alludes, this would take deep gov regulatory intervention which is never a good idea.
I came across attempts to penalize hate speech. Who decides where to draw the line? A safe bet is that Islamic imams are spreading hatred by the landslide: start with them.
Or better yet: are the democrats bone chilling hatred toward the president would qualify? I certainly think so. There is no limit to where they go.
“Hate thought” also needs to be eliminated!”
(To a growing number, this “logical” progression is not sarcasm)
There have been several incidents where someone walking on the street was shot b/c he/she made eye contact and the look was considered "disrespectful".
Never look anyone in the eye when you walk on the street.