I generally am in favour of #freespeech but I think I make an exception for #hatespeech *in public*.
People should be able to go about their day peacefully without feeling denigrated and humiliated.
cw: racial humiliation, hatred, and advocation of violence
These are good examples:
https://odysee.com/@MisterSir:e/Black_Hebrew_Israelites:7 (cw: video has violent racist imagery in presentation but it was the only one I could find of that footage)
In private among people who have all chosen to be there and know exactly what the space is about, however, anything goes.
@light In terms of standing there shouting hate speech at someone, IMHO if you do that and you get punched, no crime was committed.
There was once a judicial concept of fighting words, i.e. certain verbal attacks for which the natural and normal response was violence. If you said one of those things and got hit, it was your fault.
@mike805 As satisfying it would be to punch someone in the face who is hurling abuse at you, I would prefer a system where everyone is able to reap the benefits, not just those who are good at fighting or physically strong.
@mike805 The Jewish young man in the Odysee video wouldn't have gotten away with that for example.
@light Sure, and seeking out and harassing people ought to get you in trouble.
Just saying there was a time when the absolute divide between speech and action was not there.
@mike805 I don't think the black Hebrew Israelites went looking for anyone though. They set up a stall and the young man happened to walk by and got into a dispute with them.
At least, that's how I read it.
@mike805 Maybe have both: allow limited violence, which then forfeits any judicial punishment the speaker may receive.