• reliv3@lemmy.world
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    2 months ago

    You are making such a useless point that requires minimal effort or thought. It would be better if you actually shared a tangible concern rather than providing a strawman argument meant to cause an irrational fear in people reading your comment.

    For example, you could have shared which group of people you want to be a protected class and is not by Irish law; or which group of people is currently a protected class by Irish law and should not be. At least, then, you would have brought up a real concern about how the Irish government is determining hate speech; because right now, all you are doing is fear mongering.

    • ArbitraryValue@sh.itjust.works
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      2 months ago

      I oppose letting anyone define hate speech as a matter of principle, because even if I agree with the definition completely now, I may not continue to agree with the definition in the future. Look at what has been happening in the USA since the October 7 attack: a lot of people I had considered my political allies turned out to have beliefs I consider to be hateful, and meanwhile these people consider my own beliefs hateful. The solution is not to empower a single central authority to decide which sort of hate is allowed. It is (as it has always been) to maintain the principle of free speech.

      • wanderingmagus@lemm.ee
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        2 months ago

        How about incitements to violence and outright explicit disinformation/misinformation, like:

        • [group] should be [violent act]
        • [group] are [dehumanizing pejorative] that deserve [violent act]
        • [dogwhistle for the actual Nazis, like the 14 words, terminology specifically referencing the Final Solution, etc]
        • [hard r] are [extreme dehumanizing pejorative] and don’t deserve [human rights]
        • [violent or repulsive act] the [slur]
        • “Despite only making up 13%…”
        • “Whites create and forget, [slur]s copy and remember…”