ANALYSIS: Since the terrorist attack in Christchurch the debate about the relative damage of hate speech and value of free speech has become understandably heated. In light of all this, the discussion about legislating against hate speech is both necessary and urgent. Strossen's review and analysis of the various issues is complex and forensic, but there are two major problems with hate speech laws. As a Jewish woman who lost family in the Holocaust she knows all too well where hate speech leads, but I think the use of milkshakes does give us some sense of the harm that hate speech does. But seriously, hate speech means that women, people from racial minorities, or with disabilities, or from LGBTQ communities are being "milkshaked" all of the time.

Source: Stuff May 22, 2019 20:42 UTC