[Joe-Z]

If oppression stems from people fostering fear in others, then the news outlets are the real oppressors.

Let's face it: Terrorism is really a minor threat to almost all people's safety, yet it's constantly evoked to further restrict people's liberties.

[pjc50]

It's a real challenge for the government to write laws against "hate preachers" without including Rod Liddle or Katie "final solution" Hopkins.

[mosselman]

Instead of writing laws to 'protect' people from 'hate preachers' it would be a lot more effective if we use information and education to teach people, from a young age, to be critical and confident thinkers.

One time in the streets of New York there was some racist shouting things at people of a certain ethnicity, picking them out from the crowd and calling them 'baby rapers'. Several people of different races shouted at him to "shut the fuck up". Those people obviously weren't swayed into thinking that all people of that specific race were indeed 'baby rapers'.

I would rather live in a society where people are allowed to say that the holocaust didn't happen and have them be judged as the idiots they are, than a society where saying things that are deemed as 'extreme' by the government is illegal.

[edanm]

Is there a chance that the reason terrorism is so minor a threat is because of the restrictions in liberty?

I'm not saying I like it, but just saying "well terrorism isn't a threat" makes as much sense as saying "no one's every robbed our bank, so we can stop locking the door and having a guard posted outside" without giving further context.