SOSC 3360 Lecture Notes - Lecture 13: Hate Speech, Objective Test, Situation Two

• School: York University
• Department: Social Science
• Course: SOSC 3360
• Professor: Jonathan Rudin

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Hate speech stops people from participating in society fully. Ex: germany + italy can lead to genocide. 2 harms: one on the society as a whole, one on the subject of the speech. Sever cut out the words from the human rights code. Marketplace of ideas whole place of hate speech is to stop the participation of minorities in society. The law that comes on the side of the minority does not have to be perfect. Whatcott is free to talk about gay and lesbians issues not to be taught in school but not in a way that demeans the people of that certain sexual orientation. Hate speech creates a scenario for hate to take place even though there is no harm done. If speech causes harm its okay to restrict speech. When does something move from offensive to hatred. Accused ns cousin + uncle. Ns came to the hearing wearing a niqab.