MetaFilter posts tagged with hatespeech

Arab-European League to be prosecuted for anti-semitic cartoon.

R_Nebblesworth — Tue, 08 Sep 2009 13:50:37 -0800

The Arab-European League, an organization dedicated to "Rights of the Arab and Moslem communities in Europe and the Arab causes in general," has been charged with breaking a Netherlands law against "inciting hatred". The same prosecutor decided not to put Dutch MP Geert Wilders on trial for his film Fitna (though an appellate court has recently ordered the charges re-instated). Meanwhile, AEL was threatened with prosecution for publishing a cartoon showing (apparently, I haven't found the image) two men standing over a small pile of bones, one saying "I don't think they're Jews," to which the other replies "We have to get to six million somehow." At first, the cartoon came down; but when the charges against Wilders were dropped, AEL reposted it in protest. The AEL now faces a fine of 4,700 euros ($6,700) and even prison time.

Hate Speech or Free Speech?

lalochezia — Wed, 11 Jun 2008 11:52:29 -0800

Out of Step With Allies, U.S. Defends Freedom to Offend NYT article Wikipedia describing different approaches to freedom of speech by country.

Death Threats in the Blogosphere

zabuni — Mon, 26 Mar 2007 19:01:17 -0800

"I've been getting death threat comments on this blog." Kathy Sierra, of the Creating Passionate Users blog, has currently canceled a talk at the ETech conference because of death threats on (and off) her blog. Scoble's mad, and so is everyone else. But isn't this what happens when we bring anonymity to the Internet?

USA Today Dumps Ann Coulter

fenriq — Tue, 27 Jul 2004 10:34:58 -0800

USA Today Dumps Ann Coulter
Citing editorial differences, USA Today dropped Ann Coulter's column before it even began in the paper.

The disputed column on www.anncoulter.com begins "Here at the Spawn of Satan convention in Boston" and devolves rapidly into a bitter little snark against Democrats. I wonder why USA Today had a problem with it?

It ends with "I'd say I love all these Democrats in Boston so much I want them to go home, but I don't. I want Americans to get a good long look at the French Party and keep the 7-11 challenge in mind."

Parts of Bible ruled hate speech in Canada.

skallas — Sun, 23 Feb 2003 19:17:56 -0800

Parts of Bible ruled hate speech in Canada. Frankly, I've always found it odd how easily the gay and lesbian community lives with what can best be described as thinly-veiled death threats like in this ad. "If a man lies with a man as one lies with a woman, both of them have done what is detestable. They must be put to death; their blood will be on their own heads."