[d4v3]

That's shortsighted. Today it's the holocaust. What is it tomorrow?

[surgical_fire]

"what will be of us if we can't call black people monkeys anymore? RIP freedom".

[int_19h]

Let me give you an actual real-world example.

At one point, Russia decided to enact anti-extremist legislation similar to your enlightened European hate speech laws. It criminalized hateful speech directed at "identifiable social groups".

Then we found out that "identifiable social groups" include the corrupt police and members of parliament.

[d4v3]

Once you open the door to criminalizing ideas, even vile ones, you risk that power being misused later in ways no one intended. Defending the principle of free speech isn’t the same as defending the content of the speech. It’s about protecting the framework that allows us to challenge bad ideas rather than bury them.