This past week, on November 10th 2020, Norway introduced a new law that “outlawed hate speech against transgender and bisexual people” even if that speech occurred in the privacy of your own home with up to a year in prison (three years for public hate speech).
Is that an overstep? Or should speech be controlled?
It begs the question about what does it mean, and where does this path of action lead  . . . most importantly “What exactly is hate speech” AND does it actually stop “Free Speech?” Or should we have “hate speech laws” that protect privileged people groups?
Links from the show:
About Norway’s New Law: https://news.trust.org/item/20201110191107-tecjt/
Norway’s Law: https://www.loc.gov/law/foreign-news/article/norway-supreme-court-rules-on-boundaries-of-hate-speech/)
Pamala Paresky: https://www.psychologytoday.com/us/blog/happiness-and-the-pursuit-leadership/201708/when-is-speech-violence-and-what-s-the-real-harm
Language that incites violence: https://mtsu.edu/first-amendment/article/970/incitement-to-imminent-lawless-action#:~:text=Many%20Supreme%20Court%20cases%20upholding,to%2C%20violence%20or%20illegal%20actions.
Milton’s Areopagitica: http://oll-resources.s3.amazonaws.com/titles/103/1224_Bk.pdf
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