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Hate Speech

            
             "I may disagree with what you have to say, but I shall defend to the death your right to say it." (Voltaire) This is a quote that I strongly agree with. Today freedom of speech is used to help make changes all over the world but in some cases it is used to help encourage ignorant beliefs that have nearly died out over time. I am speaking about Hate Speech. It is one of the morally wrong things that the first amendment allows us to do and protects us from being persecuted by the government for it. I am not advocating any of the hate speeches made or agreeing with what they say but I am agreeing to the idea that no matter how bad or wrong it may be they should still have the right to say it.
             "The Protocols of the Elders of Zion" is a book that claims that Jews are secretly controlling the world or attempting to. It is a book that hate groups abide by and read almost religiously. This book has helped to inspire the mass murders of millions of Jews around the world. Amazon.com and Barnes & Nobles sell these books in their stores and on the Internet. The two companies have been criticized for selling these books by the American Jewish Committee and I am sure by many other groups but they still continue to sell it. They choose to sell it because their essential policy is to try and sell every ever published. It is my opinion that the members of the American Jewish Committee (AJC) have probably read these books themselves in trying to understand where such racism and hate comes from. These books might serve as a tool for help but in many ways they can also be served as a tool for good. .
             Many of the books we read today in school at one point or another had been banned. The catcher in the rye, and The lord of the flies are just two examples, even though they do not compare to books preaching hate and violence the same principles apply. By censoring hate speech you are inevitably allowing a group of people to choose what you can and cannot read.


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1. Hate Speech

Hate speech is an individual's expression towards something that the person opposes. Hate speech can also be used as a tool for protest. ... After all, if there is a display of hate speech, the individual who is offended can just simply walk away and they are not forced to listen to hate speech. ... Universities should not be treated as unique' because although there is a larger racially diverse population, students who are the target of hate speech can easily avoid displays of hate speech. ... Even if it's clearly hate speech, it's protected. ...

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2. Hate speech

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3. regulating hate speech on camp

Boundaries of the First Amendment are at the center of the legal debates about free speech and hate speech. ... Hate speech cuts into the equality of access for minority groups. ... Matsuda also writes "When hate speech invades a campus, students have no choice, no place to go to escape the speech" (p.154). ... And if we do regulate speech on campus, will hate speech stop? ... Shiell, T. (1998) Campus hate speech on trial. ...

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4. Hate Vs Speech Code

Hate Speech Code vs. ... That is why I believe that a hate speech code would be a good idea at SMU. So why should a hate speech code be enforced? ... If we live in a country where equality for all mankind and womankind exists, then why should using this hate speech code be an issue? Advocating and allow hate speech goes against the fact that all men are created equal. ...

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5. Hate Speech on College Campuses

Hate speech on campuses should be acceptable as long as students can exercise their right to participate fully in campus life without being discriminated against. Hate speech as a freedom of speech and peaceful assembly is in fact protected by the First Amendment. ... Many universities have enforced hate speech codes that allow the freedom of speech but protect the student's rights to participate fully in campus life without being discriminated against. ... Another thing we cannot overlook is that creating and abiding speech codes that would not allow hate speech would not be treatin...

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6. The Rise Of Hate Speech On Campuses

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7. Freedom of speech

Hate speech is a very delicate and intricate subject. ... The soul intention of this amendment was written so that any given speech is seen as the freedom of speech and expression rather than hate speech. ... In perspective, hate speech as it is viewed by some is free speech to others. ... Hate speech is a form of expression despite the outlook. The intentions of hate speech stem from personal opinion. ...

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8. Free Speech: A Cover for Violence and Hate

Free Speech: A Cover for Violence and Hate When we think of what makes America unique, we think of our freedom of speech. ... But the girl was only voicing her opinion of my friend; isn't that just free speech? What exactly is covered by free speech? It is the opinion of a large number of Americans that there should be absolutely no limitations whatsoever to free speech. ... Yes, we have freedom of speech and of the press, but when those rights overstep the rights of another, that's where our rights end. ...

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9. hate crimes

Many people believe that these laws violate the criminal's freedom of speech. Many hate group members say that freedom of speech is the right to say or write or publish one's thoughts, or to express one's self, they also say that this right is guaranteed to all Americans. ... The Supreme Court Justices have decided that some kinds of speech are not protected by the Constitution, but the question still remains: "Does freedom of speech mean freedom to hate?" ... When this hate fuels a person into taking violent actions upon those that he hate, it is called a hate crime, an issue w...

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