This is the annual Serengeti Wildebeest Migration. Towards the end of the short dry season, around March, the short-grass plains of the southernmost Serengeti begin to dry out and the wildebeest begin their journey in search of food and fresh water. How do they know which way to go? They follow the direction of the herd. Which typically follows the rains and the growth of new grass. Over the millennia, those wildebeest that went the ‘wrong’ way would have died of thirst and starvation long before they could reproduce, so the wildebeest that lived to produce the future generations were the ones that went the ‘right’ way. Those that followed the herd.
Therein lies the danger of Hate Speech. Hate Speech incites Hate until this becomes somewhat of the acceptable norm. The direction of the herd.
If you say that one should be allowed his Hate Speech -- you really mean to say that you believe people can rise above the herd. That we can think for ourselves. That we do things of our own accord. That we don't fall into the Marketing -- even though we all know that Hitler did not kill 6 Million Jews all by himself.
On the other hand, if you say that Hate Speech is not Free Speech - then what you're really saying is, you can speak freely for as long as we agree. Which also doesn't sound very good.
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