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Let's say, for ex, that I'm running a tech company. Innovation is our life blood -- we want people to express their ideas, even if (in fact especially if) they disagree with everyone else. Maximizing exposure to diverse opinions maximizes our chances to make the right decisions
If, let's say, an employee writes a screed about how female engineers are biologically less capable of doing their job, I would actually fire that person. Not because they said something I disagree with (I couldn't care less), but because...
...tolerance of this type of thing would mean making female employees feel less welcome, less accepted, and overall less safe, which runs against our objectives of fostering free expression. Likewise, you can't tolerate threats, etc. It's a precondition to establish a safe env.
Now, you be disingenuously asking, isn't that a slippery slope? How do you define hate speech? It's easy, and you already know the definition. It's speech depicting a protected group as inferior, undesirable, or deserving violence. That's it.
You can dissent all you want on ideas, but you can't paint a target on the back of a protected group. Note: 1. "Protected group" -- not some random group. E.g. "Italians", but not "Tesla owners". 2. A group, not individuals. Individuals are protected by a different set of laws.
As a side note, I've never seen hate speech that had any intellectual value -- so you're not "weakening the public debate" by refusing to tolerate it. You're actually strengthening freedom of expression, by making *everyone* feel safe when expressing dissenting ideas.
What if important, true beliefs become coded as "hate speech" by overreaching, tyrannic institutions in an attempt to defend their failing power against those who would justly replace them? Unless we tolerate genuinely offensive thought, there's no solution for this situation!
Would it make a difference if any/all of the following applied? * the screed was on a personal blog written in their own time * it was written before the employee joined * the employee not only had a good record but had worked well with others including female engineers
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