wyndhy,

Yes'm, I must agree. I’m sure that this public servant has the best of intentions, but good intentions are rarely enough. Criminalizing racist language would obviously limit freedom of speech, one of the basic freedoms on which other liberties depend. In and of itself, that is not sufficient objection. People can reasonably argue, and history has shown that there are limits to freedom of expression. The question is where you draw those limits. In the liberal tradition, they have been put at the point where speech becomes a threat to others, the poster child for which is shouting of “Fire” in a crowded theatre (at least if it is false).

I also wonder if this proposed law will have unintended consequences, such as giving extremists an example of “government run amok”?

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