Comments on: Canada’s hate speech law http://overlawyered.com/2006/06/canadas-hate-speech-law/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=canadas-hate-speech-law Chronicling the high cost of our legal system Sun, 27 May 2012 02:23:44 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.2 By: David Wilson http://overlawyered.com/2006/06/canadas-hate-speech-law/comment-page-1/#comment-3201 David Wilson Tue, 13 Jun 2006 18:15:26 +0000 http://overlawyered.com/wpblog/?p=3567#comment-3201 I must congratulate whoever coined the term "hate speech." By creating a separate category from "free speech," there is now carte blanche to go after whatever speech you don't like by calling it "hate." And this distinction, I believe, is recognized by no less than the Supreme Court (in dicta if not as precedent). Meanwhile, those who don't recognize the distinction as legitimate are left in the dust. Note how this is one way in which the left consistently beats the right - by creating heretofore unknown categories, names and definitions. "Racism," "sexism," "injustice," etc. all tower over what few coinages the right makes. Take this blog. What the lawyers go after is "unfairness," "greed," "negligence," and so on. What do their critics go after? "Lawsuits out of control" or "an inefficient system." Just doesn't ring as loud. I must congratulate whoever coined the term “hate speech.” By creating a separate category from “free speech,” there is now carte blanche to go after whatever speech you don’t like by calling it “hate.” And this distinction, I believe, is recognized by no less than the Supreme Court (in dicta if not as precedent). Meanwhile, those who don’t recognize the distinction as legitimate are left in the dust. Note how this is one way in which the left consistently beats the right – by creating heretofore unknown categories, names and definitions. “Racism,” “sexism,” “injustice,” etc. all tower over what few coinages the right makes.

Take this blog. What the lawyers go after is “unfairness,” “greed,” “negligence,” and so on. What do their critics go after? “Lawsuits out of control” or “an inefficient system.” Just doesn’t ring as loud.

]]> By: Deoxy http://overlawyered.com/2006/06/canadas-hate-speech-law/comment-page-1/#comment-3200 Deoxy Tue, 13 Jun 2006 10:03:04 +0000 http://overlawyered.com/wpblog/?p=3567#comment-3200 Rgarding that quote - EXACTLY. Rgarding that quote – EXACTLY.

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