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What about blatantly inflammatory homophobia and holocaust denial? Those are also blatantly inflammatory speech covered by freedom of speech, but it doesn't mean they have to be socially acceptable.


Indeed, but in civilized societies, socially unacceptable speech is countered either by ignoring it, or by more speech. Not by rioting and killing people.




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