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Originally Posted by Frank
The problem with this what constitutes 'hatred' and what happens if the incitement is merely truthful but offensive speech?
For example if I were to state that Jews were overrepresented in comparison to their national population numbers in the early Soviet Bolshevik government would this be hateful? If so, would truth be a defence?
If inciting hatred is a crime would black rappers be subject to legal sanction due to the following...
Racist Rap Lyrics
Or would these laws be applied to the majority alone? Would these laws be applied equally without measure or would they be applied in an unequal measure? |
Well, obviously such laws need to be interpreted by the courts. I'm not an expert on this. But I don't think your first example would be problematic. It may depend on the context though.
The Rap Lyrics ... hmmm ... don't know ... I guess some of that stuff could be problematic.
WRT equality ... I guess in Germany (and probably also in other European countries) there is a special focus on "Nazi stuff" ... I guess you could call that "unequal" in some way. Though technically it's valid for all kinds of cases.