Florida is shredding the right to free speech in the name of antisemitism.
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This is going to ruffle some panties but, even hate speech is free speech, so long as it isn't inciting violence or a crime, private property or not. As virtuous as the premise of the bill may be, it might in actuality be a violation of the 1st Amendment, making it unconstitutional.
I am interested in the community's thoughts on this.
But what is hate speech? It’s an arbitrary concept. If I say negative things about one group it’s a crime, but if I say the same thing about another it’s not. Look at all the anti-Russian comments floating around out there.
Same thing with a hate crime. If someone gets beat up because they’re a so-and-so, is that worse than getting beat up because someone wanted your wallet. In a sense, every crime could be a hate crime. We just don’t see them as such because we don’t prioritize those individuals.
We all know there's a group of Unix's out there that this desperately needs to be applied to when it comes to Christians and kids