The belief is that it puts a group in a bad light because of what a subset of that group did. I personally think it's stupid to turn a blind eye to what any subsets are doing, but that's their train of thought. It's what a substantial amount (not saying majority) of people feel.
She must've been aware of the laws in France, she broke them, suck it
Well, from a lawyer's perspective, that's exactly what's wrong with these European "hate speech" laws: the speaker has no idea whether or not his/her words will violate the law until they get fucking indicted. It's not as though it's a priori obvious whether one particular idea or phrasing will "cause offense to" or "tend to bring into disrepute" some protected group.
For example, is calling the /r/drama subscriber base "a bunch of autists" a hate crime?
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n/a SnapshillBot 2017-03-02
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n/a CucksLoveTrump 2017-03-02
/u/wyldcat how is posting something that actually happened "racist"?
n/a Zannyth 2017-03-02
The belief is that it puts a group in a bad light because of what a subset of that group did. I personally think it's stupid to turn a blind eye to what any subsets are doing, but that's their train of thought. It's what a substantial amount (not saying majority) of people feel.
n/a SovietWarfare 2017-03-02
ISIS is already seen in a bad light.
n/a skeetsurfing1984 2017-03-02
Well, from a lawyer's perspective, that's exactly what's wrong with these European "hate speech" laws: the speaker has no idea whether or not his/her words will violate the law until they get fucking indicted. It's not as though it's a priori obvious whether one particular idea or phrasing will "cause offense to" or "tend to bring into disrepute" some protected group.
For example, is calling the /r/drama subscriber base "a bunch of autists" a hate crime?
n/a HodorTheDoorHolder 2017-03-02
No.