Thousands march against hate speech in Boston

BOSTON: Tens of thousands of people took to the streets of Boston on Saturday to protest a “free speech” rally featuring far-right speakers a week after a woman was killed at a Virginia white-supremacist demonstration.

Rally organisers had invited several far-right speakers who were confined to a small pen that police set up in the historic Boston Common park to keep the two sides separate. The city avoided a repeat of last weekend’s bloody street battles in Charlottesville. Police ..

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The right-wing demonstrators eventually abandoned the protest, after being outnumbered 10-to-1 by the counter-protesters.

To find out who rules you, ask yourself whom you are not allowed to criticize - Voltaire

To find out who rules you, ask yourself whom you are not allowed to criticize - Voltaire

Good on them.

You think it was good that they shut down this 'hate speech'?

You don't?

I think "hate speech" is an unhelpful term as it often seems to be levelled by people against ideas that they just disagree with.
We need to be specific about what any particular statement or idea contains, so as to avoid ambiguity or confusion, and also to allow those we are accusing to be able to defend themselves properly.

If it is racist, call it racist. If it is homophobic, call it that. Likewise with anything else that is abusive, discriminatory or violent towards another group, call it out for what it is.

We need to remember that "freedom of speech" applies just as much to those we disagree with as it does to our own ideas (as long as it remains within the law). Despite the obvious *****ery spouted by the far right, I still feel a little uncomfortable about the idea of them being shouted down by a mob. There is a certain unwanted irony in that.

It's actually a made up quote - Voltaire never said any such thing.

Did you watch the video?

Completely agree. Utterly hypocritical to stifle "fascism" like that.

The First Amendment ffs.

Nothing hypocritical about meeting intolerance with intolerance. With the same logic that those right wingers target Islam, they can be targeted.

Meeting fascism with fascism.

I think "hate speech" is an unhelpful term as it often seems to be levelled by people against ideas that they just disagree with.
We need to be specific about what any particular statement or idea contains, so as to avoid ambiguity or confusion, and also to allow those we are accusing to be able to defend themselves properly.

If it is racist, call it racist. If it is homophobic, call it that. Likewise with anything else that is abusive, discriminatory or violent towards another group, call it out for what it is.

We need to remember that "freedom of speech" applies just as much to those we disagree with as it does to our own ideas (as long as it remains within the law). Despite the obvious *****ery spouted by the far right, I still feel a little uncomfortable about the idea of them being shouted down by a mob. There is a certain unwanted irony in that.

I did not click on your link.

Why would you when you can live in a land of delusion and beat up random people because it makes you feel good

i don't beat up random people

You are advocating it you melon