Congress shall make no law respecting an establishment of religion, or prohibiting the free exercise thereof; or abridging the freedom of speech, or of the press; or the right of the people peaceably to assemble, and to petition the government for a redress of grievances.
The men who drafted those words wouldn't have even considered a term like, "hate speech" in the first place. Their main concern was to protect citizens from the Federal government interfering in any speech at all that the Feds could interpret as being anti-government. The idea that speech could be considered hate would have been anathema to them.
I think it would be cool to be able to do those word use studies over time that linguists do. I tried it once assuming there were tools online to do it. It would be interesting to see if any of them even viewed the word hate an any negative light.
It would be interesting to see if any of them even viewed the word hate an any negative light.
Now there's a cool idea. I like it.
I think it would be cool to be able to do those word use studies over time that linguists do. I tried it once assuming there were tools online to do it. It would be interesting to see if any of them even viewed the word hate an any negative light.
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