> Hate speech charges are a serious crime and often see lengthy court time.
I think this is part of the objection, too. The opposition to online hate speech laws seems to be reflective more of an increase in the scope of existing hate-speech laws, which I assume the parent thread would also oppose.
> If you cannot express your inconvenient opinion without being hateful towards or potentially harming a group of people, then that is a problem.
The issue here is that hate speech is a constantly moving target. We're okay with muzzling speech that we consider too far, until something that we don't consider too far gets muzzled as well.
I think this is part of the objection, too. The opposition to online hate speech laws seems to be reflective more of an increase in the scope of existing hate-speech laws, which I assume the parent thread would also oppose.
> If you cannot express your inconvenient opinion without being hateful towards or potentially harming a group of people, then that is a problem.
The issue here is that hate speech is a constantly moving target. We're okay with muzzling speech that we consider too far, until something that we don't consider too far gets muzzled as well.