The other day a few professors and college presidents attempted to dance their way out of a question about bigotry on campus.
They claimed that hate speech is protected if you take into consideration the context.
What they mean is if the context is hate speech against a protected class, race, or religion you cannot expect protections under the 1st Amendment.
That means it's okay to call for the genocide of Jews, but you can't say anything negative about blacks, Muslims, or people in the LGBTQ+ community.
But that's not what the 1st Amendment says. And the 1st Amendment isn't a shield to Jew haters.
If you're calling for the murder of anyone, you're attempting to incite violence against them. The context doesn't matter, because hate speech against Jews will eventually lead to violence against Jews. They hashed this out in the courts when they said that if you incite people to commit a rape you're just as guilty as the rapist.
Anyone who goes out in the public and chants genocide of Jews is just as guilty as the person who tries to carry it out.
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They claimed that hate speech is protected if you take into consideration the context.
What they mean is if the context is hate speech against a protected class, race, or religion you cannot expect protections under the 1st Amendment.
That means it's okay to call for the genocide of Jews, but you can't say anything negative about blacks, Muslims, or people in the LGBTQ+ community.
But that's not what the 1st Amendment says. And the 1st Amendment isn't a shield to Jew haters.
If you're calling for the murder of anyone, you're attempting to incite violence against them. The context doesn't matter, because hate speech against Jews will eventually lead to violence against Jews. They hashed this out in the courts when they said that if you incite people to commit a rape you're just as guilty as the rapist.
Anyone who goes out in the public and chants genocide of Jews is just as guilty as the person who tries to carry it out.
What is hate speech, and is it protected by the First Amendment?
Hate speech may be offensive and hurtful; however, it is generally protected by the First Amendment. One common definition of hate speech is “any form of expression through which speakers intend to vilify, humiliate or incite hatred against a group or …
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. Speech which endangers or infringes on the rights of others is NOT protected, that is why you can't shout FIRE in a crowded theater. Any "professor" who can't understand that simple fact needs fired and expelled immediately.
