Emoni
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- 20 Sep 2003
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... or can it really?
http://news.yahoo.com/s/yblog_upsho...re-internet-war-on-openly-gay-college-student
I just watched this video interview online, and I got to wondering at what point can "freedom of speech" be abused to where it can be silenced in the name of preventing harassment. The video above is a rather extreme and disgusting example of behavior that would approach this line, but other instances of bullying and online harassment also come under this concern.
This reminds me of marches by racist groups like the KKK, but I don't really want to get into the argument of "hate speech" as much as the act of harassment as I personally feel "hate speech" is actually protected under freedom of speech, even if it awful and disagreeable. The only way to really see how awful something can be, and understand the hate behind speech is often to simply hear it directly.
Yet, harassment could be stretched to be used for censorship at times. In the above case though, it seems to be downright stalking, but does approach the line of harassment.
http://news.yahoo.com/s/yblog_upsho...re-internet-war-on-openly-gay-college-student
I just watched this video interview online, and I got to wondering at what point can "freedom of speech" be abused to where it can be silenced in the name of preventing harassment. The video above is a rather extreme and disgusting example of behavior that would approach this line, but other instances of bullying and online harassment also come under this concern.
This reminds me of marches by racist groups like the KKK, but I don't really want to get into the argument of "hate speech" as much as the act of harassment as I personally feel "hate speech" is actually protected under freedom of speech, even if it awful and disagreeable. The only way to really see how awful something can be, and understand the hate behind speech is often to simply hear it directly.
Yet, harassment could be stretched to be used for censorship at times. In the above case though, it seems to be downright stalking, but does approach the line of harassment.