These days we hear a lot about hate speech and some countries have gotten more tyrannical about policing it than others. What is it? It isn't really anything that existed a decade ago even if we consider some of the darker times in history. It is a label that seems to have been created to justify stripping the rights of people and controlling speech. The thing is. Who gets to decide? That is one of the big reasons we have the 1st amendment in the United States. That one simple question.
Who gets to decide?
As soon as you pick such a centralized power that gets to decide then their opinion becomes law.
How much power do you give them?
They accuse you of hate speech. What did you say? Can you identify it so you know what not to say in the future?
These days you likely didn't advocate for genocide, murder, or even violence. You most likely didn't use the word hate anywhere in what you said.
Where is the hate?
How can this be hate speech and thus you can learn how to avoid it so you are not punished?
I think people eventually realize that hate speech is anything that those have been given the power to define it don't want to hear.
Do you disagree with them on something?
They likely will find a way to label it as hate speech or use some new repurposed label to justify why you cannot speak of it.
If the person you disagree with happens to be of some group of people they have arbitrarily decided is "protected" then you will be accused of racism, or some other form of bigotry for your disagreement and that is why it is "hate speech". Yet that means you are not allowed to disagree. If an individual in a "protected" group is wrong, and perhaps even dangerously so you cannot challenge what they are saying because doing so is "hate speech".
The truth of the matter is that hate speech is not really a thing. Short of saying "I hate X" there is not truly anything that qualifies.
In the case of saying what is hated. Do you know who the people I hear telling everyone about all the things they hate actually are? The people pushing the "hate speech" label.
Example: "They shouldn't be able to say that. It is hate speech. I hate people like that."
If we actually look at hate. Where is it?
It isn't in the speech.
It is in the minds of the would be censors.
It is in the minds of those that think they have the right to be our rulers and dictators.
It is also in the minds of those that are just following the "in thing" and running with the herd to "fit in" because that is what the propaganda has told them they should do.
In reality, if these people truly wanted to eliminate hate we would see a massive amount of suicides all over the planet.
I don't want that.
Do you want to know why?
I don't hate them. I just want them to truly think for themselves and think about the things they are pushing. Think long term, not just about how it emotionally feels.
When all of this began I asked myself who I myself hate.
I only found one group of people. They are also not part of any "protected" class.
The only people I personally hate are those who have agreed they were wrong about something, and acknowledged the truth somewhere and then they keep pushing the same thing they already admitted was wrong. I call these people the willfully ignorant. They know the truth and have admitted it but they still push what is wrong. This is called a lie. A lie requires intent. The willfully ignorant have that in abundance.
Those people have shown they are willing to push lies and people that don't know better will likely hear the lies, think it is truth, and shape their life with that information. This is mental poison. I do hate such people because they are intentionally harming and manipulating the minds of others.
That's it. That is literally the only thing I can think of that I personally hate.
Everything else that I might dislike I know given time and opportunity there may be a chance to change it. There are a lot of things I dislike. Those things are not at all like the poison that is the willful ignorant.
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