Okay, what?

[lbassett]

"The Canadian Human Rights Tribunal has found that federal hate-speech legislation violates the Canadian Charter of Rights and Freedoms, the equivalent of the U.S. Constitution's Bill of Rights

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[orv]

That's pretty interesting. The kinds of hate speech restrictions Canada has would never pass constitutional muster in the U.S., of course, but they seem to have a lot of court precedent behind them there.

[lbassett]

Myself, I tend to prefer educating the listener, rather than prosecuting the speaker. Outlawing ideas doesn't tend to work.

[orv]

I agree, but I may be influenced by being brought up in a country where free speech is extremely highly valued.