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Originally Posted by Pierre
It just shows why hate speech laws are a mess, and should be removed and re-thought.
the very term "hate speech" is too broad. Why can't I say something hateful?
You can't legislate away emotions.
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A good article here about the law around it and why Musk did not break it but someone calling for Starmer to be killed did break the law.
A key point is whether inflammatory speech carries the threat of provoking “immediate unlawful violence" This is the threshold set by Parliament that such speech must cross to constitute criminality.
https://www.theguardian.com/politics...-break-the-law