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Originally Posted by peter12
Yes, it is a very far cry away. Legally speaking, Canada's criminal code prevents hate speech only in extreme circumstances, ie. inducing harm, teaching it in the classroom as fact etc... The latter example is highly controversial even after the Supreme Court of Canada ruled against James Keegstra.
We live in a democracy and we should accept the full spectrum of ideas, even if we don't like some of them. Just because I disagree with someone or think they are stupid, doesn't give me the right to drag them up before some committee and have them silenced.
Otherwise you are just another Joseph McCarthey or Stalin.
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I never said they should be dragged in front of a committee and silenced. I carefully chose the words c0ck-blocked and inhibited. Those are fairly vague terms.