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[–]AFutureConcern 2 insightful - 1 fun2 insightful - 0 fun3 insightful - 1 fun -  (0 children)

I will reiterate once again, because most people are blissfully unaware of this point:

"Hate speech" and hatred are completely separate, unrelated things. We here engage in "hate speech", and what emotions we are feeling are irrelevant to that classification. I don't hate gays or blacks, for example. (It's of course easy to hate those who falsely accuse you of being full of hatred, and therein lies the Kafka trap).

"Hate speech" refers to anti-egalitarian speech, especially speech that is collectivist rather than individualist. So, for example, claiming that black men are more violent and that they are therefore responsible for violence in America counts as "hate speech" - even though it is true that despite making up only 6% of the population, black men commit around 50% of homicides.

Here are some examples to give you an idea of the distinction between "hate speech" and hatred:

"Hate speech" (but not hatred):

  • "Black men are more violent than white men"
  • "Women are more neurotic on average than men"
  • "Jews are massively over-represented in positions of power"
  • "Acceptance of homosexuality leads to further moral degeneracy and the destruction of society"
  • "IQ differs between the races and explains much of the variance in outcomes"

Hatred (but not "hate speech"):

  • "I fucking hate you with every fiber of my being and I want you to die"
  • "Punch fascists. Actually no - I hate them so much we should just genocide the lot of them."
  • "I hate all people equally. I hate every last person on the planet, every bird, every beast, every tree and every rock. Hatred constitutes my very being."
  • "I hate anyone who likes Marvel comic book movies."