The jackboots are literally just *itching* for you, in your progressive zeal, to tear up what's left of free speech.https://twitter.com/NMamatas/status/651517556012912640 …
@womzilla All I'm really getting at is that every time we hand the state a hammer and tell it to defend the marginalized it kneecaps them.
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@womzilla Not hate speech, but another leftist darling, porn prohibition... does Canada even use it against anyone but GLBT bookstores?Thanks. Twitter will use this to make your timeline better. UndoUndo
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@chaosprime Yes--but the world is so full of hammers. -
@womzilla Yeah. We can still at least try to avoid actively asking to be hit in the head with them. -
@womzilla In this tortured metaphor, establishing asymmetric protection under the law as good is asking to be hit in the head with a hammer. -
@chaosprime Is it asymmetric protection or recognition of asymmetrical offenses? Burning a trashcan threatens one, burning a cross, many. -
@chaosprime I don't consider that proof that the latter *must* be treated differently, just an argument for why it might be. -
@womzilla Doesn't seem determinative of hate crime anyway. A hate crime only one person can perceive is still one. -
@chaosprime True: a lot of hate crime implementation centers around motivation (which is irretrievably baked into the law anyway). -
@chaosprime The example given upthread is a ludicrous, regardless--there's no credible threat & hurting feelings should in no way be a crime
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