'Kill the Boers' song is not hate speech, rules South African court. The song says, among other things, "The cowards are afraid. Shoot the Boers, shoot, shoot."

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[–]Chipit[S] 2 insightful - 1 fun2 insightful - 0 fun3 insightful - 1 fun -  (3 children)

Do you think we should have hate-speech laws here to protect the Jews and the Trans from people saying nasty stuffs about them?

We do already.

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We do already.

I don't know what country you are from, but 'we' do not in the USA

Hate speech in the United States cannot be directly regulated by the government due to the fundamental right to freedom of speech protected by the Constitution.[1] While "hate speech" is not a legal term in the United States, the U.S. Supreme Court has repeatedly ruled that most of what would qualify as hate speech in other western countries is legally protected free speech under the First Amendment. In a Supreme Court case on the issue, Matal v. Tam (2017), the justices unanimously reaffirmed that there is effectively no "hate speech" exception to the free speech rights protected by the First Amendment and that the U.S. government may not discriminate against speech on the basis of the speaker’s viewpoint.[2]

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hate_speech_in_the_United_States

[–]Chipit[S] 1 insightful - 1 fun1 insightful - 0 fun2 insightful - 1 fun -  (1 child)

Go ahead and try that in public. Let us know how it works out for you.

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Go ahead and try that in public. Let us know how it works out for you.

I'd likely be 'cancelled' and publicly shamed for my views, but I (rightly) can't be convicted of a criminal act for doing so