Post-modern feminist destroyed by facts, reason, and logic

[Psychic Missile]

Criminalizing the expression of a popular political opinion is not a major affront to free speech?

Plenty of countries have minor hate-speech related restrictions on free speech without any noticeable harm to discourse.

[Darth Executor]

Plenty of countries have minor hate-speech related restrictions on free speech without any noticeable harm to discourse.

That's what every dictator says.

[Starlight]

You, of course, are the epitome of humility.

[Trump voice] I have the best humility! The best! Lots of people are saying it!

Didn't actually listen to what Dr. Peterson said, huh?

Sadly I did waste my time listening to it. Haven't read his book though.

Perhaps you should apply for a job with Channel 4?

Nah, I like a minute or two to think over things that are said to me. I'm not an off-the-cuff with an instant witty response type of person that you need for TV - a written media works better for me. I have considered a career as a print journalist covering science and politics though.

[lilpixieofterror]

Plenty of countries have minor hate-speech related restrictions on free speech without any noticeable harm to discourse.

Until you have the government hiding sex traffickers and arresting fathers that try to save their daughters from such a terrible fate or having the government covering up mass rapes and arresting those who protest policies that led to those mass rapes.

[Mountain Man]

Liberals have no problem with oppressing free speech as long as it's not their speech that's being oppressed.

[Psychic Missile]

Until you have the government hiding sex traffickers and arresting fathers that try to save their daughters from such a terrible fate or having the government covering up mass rapes and arresting those who protest policies that led to those mass rapes.

How is that in any way related to hate speech laws?

[Psychic Missile]

That's what every dictator says.

Restrictions on free speech in dictatorships are made to protect the power structure and help perpetuate oppression, which is the opposite of what liberal hate speech laws are meant to do.

[Sparko]

Restrictions on free speech in dictatorships are made to protect the power structure and help perpetuate oppression, which is the opposite of what liberal hate speech laws are meant to do.

[rogue06]

Restrictions on free speech in dictatorships are made to protect the power structure and help perpetuate oppression, which is the opposite of what liberal hate speech laws are meant to do.

I'm going to give you the benefit of the doubt and assume that this was one of those things that sounded a whole lot better in your head.

[One Bad Pig]

Liberals have no problem with oppressing free speech as long as it's not their speech that's being oppressed.

Corollary: There are none so intolerant as the members of the Tolerance crowd.

[Darth Executor]

Restrictions on free speech in dictatorships are made to protect the power structure and help perpetuate oppression, which is the opposite of what liberal hate speech laws are meant to do.

No, they are the exact same thing liberal hate speech laws are meant to do: make pillars of progressive ideology unassailable by punishing anyone who questions, mocks or otherwise attacks them in any way. And when I say exact same thing I mean literally the exact same thing. There is no difference whatsoever.

[lilpixieofterror]

How is that in any way related to hate speech laws?

You don’t see how arresting people protesting the government policies or actions as a natural result of banning ‘hate speech’? Let me help you out here, who gets to determine what is and isn’t hate speech?

[Psychic Missile]

No, they are the exact same thing liberal hate speech laws are meant to do: make pillars of progressive ideology unassailable by punishing anyone who questions, mocks or otherwise attacks them in any way. And when I say exact same thing I mean literally the exact same thing. There is no difference whatsoever.

Plenty of countries have liberal hate speech laws and still have outspoken conservatives. The idea that hate speech laws prevent discourse and debate is demonstrably wrong.

[Psychic Missile]

You don’t see how arresting people protesting the government policies or actions as a natural result of banning ‘hate speech’? Let me help you out here, who gets to determine what is and isn’t hate speech?

The US government has no hate speech laws and people are arrested for protesting the government's policies or actions anyway.

[lilpixieofterror]

The US government has no hate speech laws and people are arrested for protesting the government's policies or actions anyway.

Nice distraction. Guess you have no answer for how hate speech laws are currently being used to shut up those protesting mass rapes or human trafficking that the government ignores or makes excuses for. Oh well... if you can’t see how hate speech laws are used to arrest people that bring up truths that would rather be left hidden, I can’t help you there.