Defence agency says Moscow is using the protests in Stockholm to stir tensions between Arab countries and the west

  • bloodfart@lemmy.ml
    link
    fedilink
    arrow-up
    2
    arrow-down
    9
    ·
    1 year ago

    I didn’t suggest they ban it. The easiest way for the state to not condone hate speech is to not issue a permit to make it.

    • brimnac@lemmy.world
      link
      fedilink
      arrow-up
      5
      arrow-down
      1
      ·
      1 year ago

      Yeah… not sure you quite understand that goes against free speech by removing their right to speak about it if a permit is required but the government isn’t granting it… much less that a permit be required for “free speech.”

    • afraid_of_zombies@lemmy.world
      link
      fedilink
      arrow-up
      1
      ·
      1 year ago

      I am seeing you make a distinction but I am not seeing you list a difference. There is no point to protesting anything if you don’t have people see it.

      • bloodfart@lemmy.ml
        link
        fedilink
        arrow-up
        1
        arrow-down
        1
        ·
        1 year ago

        Permitless speech is still possible, the speaker just won’t have the backing of the state in making it.

        If the state denied a permit for this kind of demonstration the speaker could still up and decide to burn a Quran or make any other speech they see fit, they just wouldn’t have police protection and crowd control.

        Given how unpopular this sentiment is in general and the various speakers’ choices of venue (Muslim neighborhoods, mosques, embassies of Muslim nations), I doubt they’d continue burning Qurans.

        That’s why I phrased my initial response the way I did. The Swedish state should stop condoning that kind of speech if it doesn’t want it’s enemies to be able to accuse it of condoning that kind of speech.

        Stop issuing permits, stop protecting hate speech.