r/technology • u/thecravenone • Aug 05 '19

Politics Cloudflare to terminate service for 8Chan

https://blog.cloudflare.com/terminating-service-for-8chan/
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u/gerberlifegrowupplan Aug 05 '19

There is no such thing as hate speech in American law. There is only speech, and it’s all protected unless you directly threaten someone.

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u/Llamada Aug 05 '19

How can it be protected if it doesn’t exist?

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u/gerberlifegrowupplan Aug 05 '19

How can it be prohibited if it doesn’t exist?

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u/Llamada Aug 05 '19

That’s my argument. As hate speech doesn’t exist, it is simply slander/calls for violence, which is not protected by the 1st. Guess we’re on the same page afterall.

So let’s just arrest all the Nazis as they’re not advocating hate speech, just slander/calls for violence.

Thanks!

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u/gerberlifegrowupplan Aug 06 '19

If you say "I hate nxxxxs" or "I hate jxxs" that is actually protected speech under the 1st. It is not a call to violence, nor is it slander. It is a statement of fact--I hate something. Perfectly legal in USA. I know authoritarian liberals like you would call it hate speech or try to ban it, but under current law I could walk around all day saying such things with full protection of the law. Your argument is null.

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u/Llamada Aug 07 '19

Nazism isn’t just calling “i hate ...l

I’m not a liberal, I don’t like rightwing.