A Quote by Mona Eltahawy
Banning hate speech doesn't end racism or antisemitism. Social pressure does that. It becomes socially unacceptable.
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Laws on hate speech and hate crimes do important work in a world that has been rooted in racism and bigotry since the inception of this country, which was not founded on ideals of justice.
The reason I have been so outspoken on antisemitism is that racism is racism - and my family have been victims of it.
Racism is unacceptable in the real world, and it's unacceptable online.
Of course, hate speech and racism have no place on Facebook
If a university official's letter accusing a speaker of having a proclivity to commit speech crimes before she's given the speech - which then leads to Facebook postings demanding that Ann Coulter be hurt, a massive riot and a police-ordered cancellation of the speech - is not hate speech, then there is no such thing as hate speech.
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There is a national climate here. We're seeing a rise in hate speech, in intolerance, in racism, in division.
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