• PrettyFlyForAFatGuy@lemmy.mlOP
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    using a public communication network to send offensive messages and other offences.

    This is often used to prosecute “Offensive” social media posts. I think they got count dankula using something similar to that

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      People often forget that their right to free speech ends where it impacts the rights of others.

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        I don’t think there is a “right not be offended” and i also don’t think there should be. if only for the fact that offense is entirely subjective.

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          I didn’t say anything about offense…

          You can’t call someone a racial slur and claim it was free speech, for example.

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          Is it really that controversial that hate speech isn’t the same as free speech? Really?

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              Maybe you should look up the definition of hate speech.

              I’m not saying it’s what happened here, but the idea it’s about “offense” is something worthy of the Daily Mail. The law doesn’t deal with opinion in reality, only headlines.

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                  Yes… That’s exactly what I’ve been saying, your right to free speech ends when it becomes hate speech. I’m not really sure what point you’re trying to make.

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                    if i am not free to speak hate then i do not have free speech

                    your argument can be turned around, your “right” not to be offended ends where it infringes on my right to free speech.

                    What is considered “Hate” speech is essentially a line arbitrarily drawn in the sand