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Originally Posted by Resolute 14
Yes, actually. Any doctrine that suggests governments should be allowed to limit one's ability to be offensive is not a doctrine interested in free speech. The answer to offensive speech is more speech. People who speak out against your hypothetical person who makes statements like that.
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Freedom of speech is a human right. And, as put in the Universal Declaration of Human Rights, it should be exercised with respect to others (I quoted and linked it a page before). Thus offensive speech does not fall under "freedom of speech" rights.