It's important to know the difference tho, free speech is the foundation, it's in the constitution and thereby over the law. Then there's the law, there are laws regulating what can be said without violating free speech, these are the laws that make sense.
For instance, you can't yell "FIRE" in a crowded building like a theater or in a mall unless of course if there is a fire. You can't threat anyone, and there's a few more other things. Now if you break any of these laws, someone can sue you, and you get a fair trial, someone also has to prove that you broke the law.
Now to the totalitarian laws, the ones that invalidates free speech, "hate speech" is one such law. And the difference is obvious, these are things you say or write, that could get you arrested and silenced, even if there isn't a violation of the law. Like when the government calls FB and Twatter on a direct line and tell them to delete certain posts, not because they're illegal, but because they're criticizing the regime.
Free speech is not suppressed here, as long as you follow the rules you can express any opinion you want.
Mostly free speech. We don’t actually have true free speech here, but I get your point. This ain’t 4chan.
It's important to know the difference tho, free speech is the foundation, it's in the constitution and thereby over the law. Then there's the law, there are laws regulating what can be said without violating free speech, these are the laws that make sense.
For instance, you can't yell "FIRE" in a crowded building like a theater or in a mall unless of course if there is a fire. You can't threat anyone, and there's a few more other things. Now if you break any of these laws, someone can sue you, and you get a fair trial, someone also has to prove that you broke the law.
Now to the totalitarian laws, the ones that invalidates free speech, "hate speech" is one such law. And the difference is obvious, these are things you say or write, that could get you arrested and silenced, even if there isn't a violation of the law. Like when the government calls FB and Twatter on a direct line and tell them to delete certain posts, not because they're illegal, but because they're criticizing the regime.
Free speech is not suppressed here, as long as you follow the rules you can express any opinion you want.