Europe's Free-Speech Problem

https://www.theatlantic.com/ideas/archive/2025/08/europe-free-speech-republicans/683915/

by JumpCrisscross • 11 months ago

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rbanffy• 11 months ago

Europe has felt in its flesh the end-result of the political use of hate speech. Perhaps others should learn from our mistakes.

Dig1t• 11 months ago

There is no such thing as hate speech. There is only speech.

“Hate speech” can be (and usually is) applied to whatever type of speech the people in power want to silence.

mitchbob• 11 months ago

https://archive.ph/2025.08.20-154352/https://www.theatlantic...

nitwit005• 11 months ago

The author of this seems to be closing their eyes to the possibility that these statements about free expression aren't genuine.

The Republican party cares because of the perception that conservatives are being censored. If they don't care about Trump's actions, it is because they haven't been directed against them.

Edit: typo

Europe's Free-Speech Problem

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