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		bpodgursky on April 6, 2017 \| parent \| context \| favorite \| on: Twitter refuses US order to disclose owner of anti... Hate speech is free speech. I think you're the confused one.

positivecomment on April 6, 2017 | [–]

In the US, according to the constitution. But it is mostly not free speech in Germany, for example: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Volksverhetzung

anigbrowl on April 7, 2017 | [–]

No it isn't. Hate speech proposes reducing freedoms for other people on the basis of their essential characteristics rather than their opinions.

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