Comment by kypro
1 hour ago
Not UK but in Germany you can face criminal prosecution for insulting the chancellor,
https://x.com/Pirat_Nation/status/2056692341399081235
While here in the UK you can be arrested and charged for saying mean things about the royal family on private whatsapp groups,
https://www.itv.com/news/london/2023-09-07/five-former-met-p...
The second one was for specifically racist messages - i.e. breaching hate speech laws - not just being mean.
I am opposed to criminalising hate speech, BUT I think its important to be clear its not just "saying mean things".
> The second one was for specifically racist messages - i.e. breaching hate speech laws - not just being mean.
Can you provide a definition of "hate speech" which doesn't also apply to "mean words"?
Are you suggesting racist words are a special category of mean words or something? If so why?