The United States Constitution is the outline of what our government is based on and guarantees us the right to free speech and also allows for the freedom to react to free speech. Hate speech is anything that discriminates against another individual based on various factors that have changed throughout time. Currently hate speech encompasses speaking badly about people based on their race, religion, ethnic origin, national origin, gender, disability, sexual orientation, or gender identity.
Why is it currently deemed acceptable to discriminate against people who participate in hate speech? The people who are discriminating against others based on what they say are acting no better than the generations they have come to despise. It’s okay for them to financially ruin, publicly humiliate, mistreat, slander and generally destroy other peoples lives – something they claim they or others of hate speech are victims of.
What if in ten years the category of “political preference” suddenly becomes part of hate speech? What if in ten years you lose a job because of your comments about the current Government administration? How would you feel? It’s hypocritical to act in some of the same way that your say your “so-called” oppressors have.
Can people not see that their actions are which parallel those who participate in hate speech are no better or even worse? Are not we supposed to learn from the past and not repeat the same mistakes? It’s okay to label people by race (Government forms ask for your race, Doctors base your treatment on race, Political Parties pander to certain races – is this not racist?!?), but God forbid you simply do so in a manner that is not acceptable by a certain group of people.
If we are to learn from the past we must realize that if our actions are going to reflect those of the past that nothing is going to “change”. The fact is that there will always be a definition of what is considered “bad” and that you cannot control people to conform to what you consider to be “the right way” and ruining peoples lives because they do not agree with you or act the same way you do is only repeating history.
People claim to care about others, but this is only based on others who act in a way they deem to be collectively appropriate. Shouldn’t we treat people with respect due to the fact they are “human” - which is what we as a society claim to be doing. Examples of such are universal health care, counseling for prisoners, mental health treatment services, assistance with food and support for immigrants. In theory this is great, but limiting these services to those who you only deem fit to receive them (based on how they act or what they say) is defeating the purpose. Is it okay to deny these services to people because they simply said something you do not agree with?
So I ask you; how you do defend yourselves? How is ruining other peoples lives based solely on what they say a good way to go about doing things?
Why is it currently deemed acceptable to discriminate against people who participate in hate speech? The people who are discriminating against others based on what they say are acting no better than the generations they have come to despise. It’s okay for them to financially ruin, publicly humiliate, mistreat, slander and generally destroy other peoples lives – something they claim they or others of hate speech are victims of.
What if in ten years the category of “political preference” suddenly becomes part of hate speech? What if in ten years you lose a job because of your comments about the current Government administration? How would you feel? It’s hypocritical to act in some of the same way that your say your “so-called” oppressors have.
Can people not see that their actions are which parallel those who participate in hate speech are no better or even worse? Are not we supposed to learn from the past and not repeat the same mistakes? It’s okay to label people by race (Government forms ask for your race, Doctors base your treatment on race, Political Parties pander to certain races – is this not racist?!?), but God forbid you simply do so in a manner that is not acceptable by a certain group of people.
If we are to learn from the past we must realize that if our actions are going to reflect those of the past that nothing is going to “change”. The fact is that there will always be a definition of what is considered “bad” and that you cannot control people to conform to what you consider to be “the right way” and ruining peoples lives because they do not agree with you or act the same way you do is only repeating history.
People claim to care about others, but this is only based on others who act in a way they deem to be collectively appropriate. Shouldn’t we treat people with respect due to the fact they are “human” - which is what we as a society claim to be doing. Examples of such are universal health care, counseling for prisoners, mental health treatment services, assistance with food and support for immigrants. In theory this is great, but limiting these services to those who you only deem fit to receive them (based on how they act or what they say) is defeating the purpose. Is it okay to deny these services to people because they simply said something you do not agree with?
So I ask you; how you do defend yourselves? How is ruining other peoples lives based solely on what they say a good way to go about doing things?