Making Hate Speech Illegal What would happen if we were to make hate speech illegal? Hate speech can be defined as “verbal‚ written‚ and symbolic acts that convey a grossly negative view of particular persons or groups based on their gender‚ ethnicity‚ race‚ religion‚ sexual orientation‚ or disability.” ("Glossary." Glossary. N.p.‚ n.d. Web. 21 Oct. 2012. .) Would making hate speech illegal disable it’s force or would it affirm its power? In the article‚ Performing Gender Identity Young Men’s
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Hate Speech in Turkish Media and Samples from Turkey Hate speech causes polarization and discrimination due to difference of race‚ gender‚ age‚ nation‚ religion or sexual orientation etc. Media is most influential way to speeds up for hate speech. In my point of view‚ Hate speech humiliates and threats to people and media spreads all these threats and humilations. First of all‚ Hate speech relates the difference and power. It causes to polarization with many reasons in Turkish society due to hate
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he got an extra year of probation because it was labeled as a “Hate Motivated Crime”. Hates crimes should be taken more seriously and should have a harsher punishment. If you get a harsher punishment people will think twice about committing hate crimes. Hate crimes should have harsher punishment because it would stop the majority of crimes committed towards a race or religion‚ because if people knew that if they committed a hate crime they would get in more trouble than a regular crime. (Which
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us under extremism. Religious diversity has been the cause of war‚ hate‚ and crime all throughout history. Nothing brings people together like sharing mutual passion for what they believe in. Similarly‚ it can tear even the strongest nations apart. At a time when most of us like to believe we are more tolerant than generations before‚ hate crimes and religious related incidents are actually on the rise in many places. This hate is often powered by an ignorance stemming from a stigma attached to
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According to National Criminal Justice Reference Sample‚ “An estimated 293‚800 violent and property hate crime victimizations occurred in 2012 against persons age 12 or older residing in U.S. households.” The first initial response to any threatening action is violence‚ but it takes an intelligent human being to respond with reasoning which in my opinion is the best option. Hate speech comes from a lack of intelligence or when it regards race‚ arrogance. In certain cases‚ when dealing with it
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then it may result into fights or anything worst than that‚ could get someone involved illegal crime‚ and creates hate crime. This shows that schools should limit how students express themselves. One reason‚ is it could result into fights or worse than that. My evidence is that “it remains free to express any view about race‚ religion‚ sexuallity‚ disabillity or any other topic”(Do Hate Crime...). This shows that it could be offensive to people what one person is saying. Another piece of evidence
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Downing‚ in “’Hate Speech’ and ‘First Amendment absolutism’ discourses in the US‚” makes many challenging arguments against the First Amendment right to freedom of speech‚ specifically when applied to hate speech. One of the best arguments against hate speech he makes is in the case of a minority group who are scared to speak against forms of oppression. “Thus women or ethnic minority
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Hate. We all say hate all the time. For example‚ if you having an argument with your friend‚ you might say‚ “I hate you!” Do you mean it? No‚ you say it because you are mad. Also‚ if you are forced to do something‚ you might say‚ “I hate that.” Even worse‚ there are hate crimes because of someone’s color‚ religion or disability. The FBI statistics Report about hate crimes stated 53.6% were racial‚ 18.2% were religious‚ and 11.4% were against the disabled. These types of crimes have been going
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Student Name Teacher English 10H Period 3 14 December 2012 KKK:Evidence of Fear Behind Hate "We promise to protect the weak‚ the innocent‚ and the defenseless from the indignities‚ wrongs‚ and outrages of the lawless‚the violent‚ and the brutal; to relieve the injured and the oppressed; to succor the suffering and unfortunate‚ and especially the widows and orphans of Confederate soldiers" -Oath of the Ku Klux Klan Since the 1860s‚ white Southerners have always held a higher status than African
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The Theme of Love and Hate William Shakespeare is a famous author of many popular plays. Shakespeare plays are still famous today‚ and studied in schools and drama clubs everywhere. The most famous play written by William Shakespeare is Romeo and Juliet. In Romeo and Juliet‚ there are such extreme opposite opinions about love and hate. In scene 1‚ act 1‚ Romeo says “Being purged‚ a fire sparkling in lovers’ eyes; Being vex’d a sea nourish’d with lovers’ tears: What is it else? A madness
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