[mardifoufs]

This is a complete strawman. I'm muslim, born in a muslim country, and am living in the west yet I absolutely agree with the person you are replying to. Muslims are targeted by hate speech constantly, and there was a period in time (like, 3-4 years ago) when that was particularly intense. Much more so than almost any other minority, and in a much more concrete way (christchurch, travel bans, secret prisons, etc)

Yet, I still would agree with a free speech absolutist much more so than with someone who thinks they know best about what speech is ok or not. And that's precisely because I'm a minority. I know that having a gatekeeper that decides what is or what isn't hate speech is never a good idea in the long run except if you belong to the majority who ultimately gets to decide what speech is ok or not.

It is also quite ironic to use "stochastic terrorism" (which is a dangerous term in and by itself) as a justification for your argument. It's a complete regurgitation of early 2000s talking points, especially to imply that those who disagree with you are turning a blind eye to some form of terrorism. In a way, it proves my point about being suspicious of any attempt to restrict free speech. Because it's the same exact tactic that was used to prop up islamophobia and justify human rights violations (I mean, who would want to turn a blind eye to terrorism, right?!).

[XorNot]

This is just arguing via slippery-slope fallacy. You're pretending that action against one type of speech would implicitly allow action against others without any due consideration or decision making process.

What were you prevented from saying "because it was hate speech" with no extra deliberation? It's almost like the content matters.

[mardifoufs]

It's not slippery slope when it literally happened to muslims not even a decade ago. What are you talking about? You are ignoring most of my comment. I'm not pretending anything, you literally used the same terrorism scare that was used not even a decade ago against Muslims. You are the one arguing for some sort of slippery slope, where if we allowed more free speech we would end up with terrorism and deaths. Your entire premise is based on a slippery slope between free speech and "stochastic terrorism".

Content does matter, in an ideal world. But in reality that type of "consideration" will be weaponised against minorities. You are arguing against yourself when you say that we just have to have "due consideration and a good decision making process" to decide what would be allowed. When said process will inherently be controlled and steered by the majority, in any democratic country. It's the type of argument that usually comes from privileged white people who have never experienced what "due consideration" means. It's a completely ridiculous premise, because it does not fit reality. Not the reality of most minorities at least.

[XorNot]

> It's not slippery slope when it literally happened to muslims not even a decade ago

You keep saying this, and I am asking you: what were you prevented from saying? What Muslim voices in the West were silenced unfairly?

You insist it happened, but in response to what? What were you not allowed to say that was just so unfair. And no, being criticized for saying it doesn't count.