We live in an era in which offensive speech is on the rise. The emergence of the alt-right alone has fueled a marked increase in racist and anti-Semitic speech. Given its potential for harm, should this speech be banned? Nadine Strossen's HATE dispels the many misunderstandings that have cloude...

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1. Verfasser:	Strossen, Nadine 1950- (VerfasserIn)
Format:	Buch
Sprache:	English
Veröffentlicht:	New York Oxford University Press [2018]
Schriftenreihe:	Inalienable rights
Schlagworte:	LAW / Constitutional / bisacsh LAW / Government / General / bisacsh LAW / Discrimination / bisacsh Hate speech > Law and legislation > United States Freedom of speech > United States LAW / Constitutional LAW / Government / General LAW / Discrimination Meinungsfreiheit Redefreiheit Zensur Hassrede USA
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Zusammenfassung:	We live in an era in which offensive speech is on the rise. The emergence of the alt-right alone has fueled a marked increase in racist and anti-Semitic speech. Given its potential for harm, should this speech be banned? Nadine Strossen's HATE dispels the many misunderstandings that have clouded the perpetual debates about "hate speech vs. free speech." She argues that an expansive approach to the First Amendment is most effective at promoting democracy, equality, and societal harmony. Proponents of anti-hate speech laws stress the harms that they fear such speech might lead to: discrimination, violence, and psychic injuries. However, there has been no rigorous analysis to date of whether the laws effectively counter the feared harms. This book fills that gap, examining our actual experience with such laws. It shows that they are not effective in reducing the feared harms, and worse yet, are likely counterproductive. Even in established democracies, enforcement officials use the power these laws give them to suppress vital expression and target minority viewpoints, as was the case in earlier periods of U.S. history. The solution instead, as Strossen shows, is to promote equality and societal harmony through the increasingly vibrant "counterspeech" activism that has been flourishing on U.S. college campuses and in some global human rights movements. Strossen's powerful argument on behalf of free expression promises to shift the debate around this perennially contentious topic. ... "Dispelling rampant confusion about "hate speech," this book explains how U.S. law appropriately distinguishes between punishable and protected discriminatory speech. It shows that more speech-restrictive laws consistently have suppressed vital expression about public issues, targeting minority viewpoints and speakers; and that "counterspeech" has more effectively promoted equality and societal harmony"...
Beschreibung:	Includes bibliographical references and index
Beschreibung:	XXV, 199 Seiten
ISBN:	9780190859121 9780190859138 9780190859145 9780190089009