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EU Moving to Ban Online Hate Speech
WED Fan writes "Several members of the EU Parliament are moving to ban online hate speech. 'The draft of the declaration, which heise online has seen, calls on providers in somewhat vague language to make provisions against "hate pages" part of their standard terms and conditions.'"
"Hate speech" is the invention of leftist subversives who got tired of losing all the arguments and decided upon a strategy of outlawing the debate.
"Hate speech" is therefore the expression of ideas and especially facts that the left cannot competently refute.
It is easy to ID hate speech. it is the expression of any idea or fact that the left wishes would go away.
The less success the left has arguing against a particular idea or fact, the more likely it is to be branded as "Hate Speech."
A milder version of this is the "I'm offended!!" strategy whereby the left silences its political opponents through the over-application of etiquette.
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You did go on and on, and made some pretty bold assertions, but you never once backed any of your opinions with anything. Perhaps a longwinded troll?
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I would argue just the opposite - that without reference to the supernatural, the commonly accepted definition of what constitutes good and evil is bent toward a definition favorable to whomever is in power. The interesting thing about appeal to the supernatural is that it serves as a natural buffer against undue influence.
But the reason I say I have a unique perspective of evil because I am Christian is because I have received an extensive education in such, at least compared to an unbeliever. This is not to say that an atheist can't understand evil, but that an understanding of evil is the prelude to theism. If God doesn't exist, his will couldn't exist, which means that nothing that exists could be contrary to His non-existent will. Hence, as an atheist you would probably be in the minority if you believe in the existence of evil, or at least you are using a different definition.
I'm not going to get into the whole good-vs-evil bit here, but I would add that it does shed light on why things happen. You mention a bunch of relatively short periods of history for which evil left a black mark on religion. However, I'm able to see this as an indication that even good people can be led astray, and consider it a warning rather than an indictment of religion. I say this because I have seen the overwhelming good that has come from religion (specifically Christianity). Being a Christian, I am involved in charity work and good deeds which go largely unnoticed by the media and the historians. And really, if you look at the history of the last millenium, even when Christians have gone astray, the cumulative total of deaths attributed to them is less than that of legalized abortion.
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