Should hate speech be protected by the first amendment?
Hate speech is defined as public speech that expresses hate or encourages violence towards a person or group based on something such as race, religion, sex, or sexual orientation. In the 2017 US Supreme Court Case Matal v. Tam the Court ruled in favor of Asian-American musician Simon Tam. Tam filed a lawsuit against the U.S. Patent and Trademark office after it rejected a trademark application for his band The Slants. Tam stated that he chose to give that name to his band in order to “reclaim” and to “take ownership” of Asian stereotypes. The U.S. Patent and Trademar…
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@9V7KLQZ8mos8MO
While you are entitled to share your opinions on things, it should be clear that there are very differing consequences to what you say. and if what is said is directly wishing harm and spreading inaccurate statistics and information then it should be considered hate speech
@9LTKTRM1yr1Y
no, I think if the hate speech is about racism or is encouraging violence to a certain race I think the person should be punished.
@9DL9F372yrs2Y
if the hate speech is threatening, it should not be protected by the first amendment
@92X8GL43yrs3Y
Yes, I don't like it but as long as it does not threaten violence its protected. I also don’t trust the government to define the boundaries of hate speech because they can call something hate speech when its someone who has a different opinion.
@8ZDVVL63yrs3Y
All speech should be protected by the first amendment and "Hate Speech" is meaningless at that point.
@8SVC468Republican4yrs4Y
I don't like people using hate speech, but as long as they don't threaten violence they it is protected by the first amendment.
@8J4N7WC5yrs5Y
Yes, the consequences of an individual's words are their own
@8HZYSBR5yrs5Y
Yes, but only if it does not threaten or incite/encourage violence.
@93X6DWM3yrs3Y
No, it should be criminalized.
@9QVJQ6J10mos10MO
As Stated in the Constitution- Congress Shall NOT take away freedom of religion, speech, press, protest or petitions from its citizens. However if the speech will lead to an unsafe environment for its citizens then it needs to be addressed
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