Is the Greatest Freedom the Freedom to Hate?

[Nakosis]

In the US, you are free to Hate Allah/God.
Your are free to hate the President or any other politician.
You are free to hate people of other races.
You are free to hate your neighbor.
You are free to hate your family.

This is not true in all countries. Should the freedom to hate be protected?

 

[ADigitalArtist]

I don't think freedom to hate is more important than freedom to love. Tyrannical governments (including tyrannical theocracies) have just as many things you aren't allowed to love as you are allowed to hate.

 

[Shakeel]

Well other countries with less freedom for hate speech and public insults do seem to have less conflict and less problems overall.

 

[QuestioningMind]

In the US, you are free to Hate Allah/God.
Your are free to hate the President or any other politician.
You are free to hate people of other races.
You are free to hate your neighbor.
You are free to hate your family.

This is not true in all countries. Should the freedom to hate be protected?

Please name a country when I am not free to hate?

 

[The Sum of Awe]

In the US, you are free to Hate Allah/God.
Your are free to hate the President or any other politician.
You are free to hate people of other races.
You are free to hate your neighbor.
You are free to hate your family.

This is not true in all countries. Should the freedom to hate be protected?

This is a part of freedom of speech and belief, which I deem very important. One can allow the freedom of hate without allowing the freedom of physical violence.

If the freedom of speech is limited by not being allowed to hate, then how can society improve on anything? Where do you draw the line of what 'hate' is, exactly, especially when people often consider mere criticism to be hateful?

Without the freedom to hate, there is no freedom of opinions at all.

 

[Father Heathen]

How can an outside source possibly control what you love or hate?

 

[Altfish]

In the US, you are free to Hate Allah/God.

Who hates Allah/God?

 

[Altfish]

In the US, you are free to Hate Allah/God.
Your are free to hate the President or any other politician.
You are free to hate people of other races.
You are free to hate your neighbor.
You are free to hate your family.

This is not true in all countries. Should the freedom to hate be protected?

Yes, it should.... BUT .... you should be ready to be called out on it if your hatred is based on race or gender

 

[Jeremiah Ames]

In the US, you are free to Hate Allah/God.
Your are free to hate the President or any other politician.
You are free to hate people of other races.
You are free to hate your neighbor.
You are free to hate your family.

This is not true in all countries. Should the freedom to hate be protected?

 

[Wildswanderer]

In the US, you are free to Hate Allah/God.
Your are free to hate the President or any other politician.
You are free to hate people of other races.
You are free to hate your neighbor.
You are free to hate your family.

This is not true in all countries. Should the freedom to hate be protected?

Of course you are free to hate anywhere on earth. You just aren't free to express that hate in some places.
I would say that the freedom isn't about hating but being free to disagree with anyone including those in charge.

 

[ChristineM]

In the US, you are free to Hate Allah/God.
Your are free to hate the President or any other politician.
You are free to hate people of other races.
You are free to hate your neighbor.
You are free to hate your family.

This is not true in all countries. Should the freedom to hate be protected?

People anywhere are free to hate. In other countries that freedom comes with responsibility to adhere to the laws of the country.

 

[Aštra’el]

The freedom to openly express intense emotion towards others, be it love or hate or something else, I consider to be a valuable thing indeed.

Of course, this has its limits. For example, expressing intense emotion through physical assault is unlawful. This is understandable, and is a crime that is easily measured. Subjects such as “hate speech”, however, are often so incredibly subjective and easily twisted to mean practically anything the offended party wants it to. This often results in a great deal of hypocrisy (“we can hate you, because... reasons, you can’t hate us back because it’s morally wrong and makes you a bigot”), and can also result in a slippery slope leading to a drastic loss of freedom that people have taken for granted all along.

 

[Kooky]

I can't recall a single country that outlaws the emotion of hate.

Hate speech laws are targetting specific types of media content, regardless of individual emotions involved.

 

[Kooky]

The freedom to openly express intense emotion towards others, be it love or hate or something else, I consider to be a valuable thing indeed.

Of course, this has its limits. For example, expressing intense emotion through physical assault is unlawful. This is understandable, and is a crime that is easily measured. Subjects such as “hate speech”, however, are often so incredibly subjective and easily twisted to mean practically anything the offended party wants it to. This often results in a great deal of hypocrisy (“we can hate you, because... reasons, you can’t hate us back because it’s morally wrong and makes you a bigot”), and can also result in a slippery slope leading to a drastic loss of freedom that people have taken for granted all along.

I am glad that you only harbor negative feelings for people who have already expressed negative emotions at you specifically.

It would be quite a shame if you disliked people solely for their political positions or religious beliefs.

 

[Evangelicalhumanist]

In the US, you are free to Hate Allah/God.
Your are free to hate the President or any other politician.
You are free to hate people of other races.
You are free to hate your neighbor.
You are free to hate your family.

This is not true in all countries. Should the freedom to hate be protected?

Hate is such an immense waste of emotional energy. Love is actually easier (just as smiling takes fewer facial muscles than frowning).

You are, of course, free to waste your emotional energy any way that you would like.

 

[Stevicus]

In the US, you are free to Hate Allah/God.
Your are free to hate the President or any other politician.
You are free to hate people of other races.
You are free to hate your neighbor.
You are free to hate your family.

This is not true in all countries. Should the freedom to hate be protected?

I don't think it's specifically mentioned in the Constitution, although it might come under Freedom of Speech and Freedom of the Press.

Unless it creates a clear and present danger, then it would be protected by the Constitution. Other countries might follow different standards, although it might be interesting to see if those standards have brought about greater political stability.

There seems to be a worldwide uptick in nationalism and nationalist thought in numerous countries these days. That sort of thing can become contagious from country to country. Even if hate speech is banned in one country, someone can still find it in another country.

 

[savagewind]

In the US, you are free to Hate Allah/God.
Your are free to hate the President or any other politician.
You are free to hate people of other races.
You are free to hate your neighbor.
You are free to hate your family.

This is not true in all countries. Should the freedom to hate be protected?

There is a difference between hating and showing hate. In The USA we are free to show what we are. Is that a bad thing?

 

[Twilight Hue]

In the US, you are free to Hate Allah/God.
Your are free to hate the President or any other politician.
You are free to hate people of other races.
You are free to hate your neighbor.
You are free to hate your family.

This is not true in all countries. Should the freedom to hate be protected?

I defend the freedom to hate as much as I defend the freedom to love.

 

[Stevicus]

Well other countries with less freedom for hate speech and public insults do seem to have less conflict and less problems overall.

Just out of curiosity, which countries are you referring to?

I mean, sure, if the laws are strict enough and have teeth in them, then crime can be almost completely eradicated. I saw this first-hand when I visited the Soviet Union back when it was still the Soviet Union. But they still had problems and conflicts just the same.

Russia today seems to be leaning more and more nationalistic, just as China is. A lot of countries seem to be leaning in that direction, as I mentioned in a previous post.

 

[We Never Know]

In the US, you are free to Hate Allah/God.
Your are free to hate the President or any other politician.
You are free to hate people of other races.
You are free to hate your neighbor.
You are free to hate your family.

This is not true in all countries. Should the freedom to hate be protected?

Hate doesn't hurt the person you hate, it only hurts you.