Where Does Freedom of Speech End?

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[henryjarvis]

I may disagree with what you say but Iwill always defend your right to speak.
'Hate speech' is a dangerous pretext to take away our freedom

[ghooghkirkhighlife]

Freedom is freedom you can't change the rights of American people just because you're feelings are hurt.

[VoidHeart]

Knowledge should be a human rights, freedom of speech must end.

[FartsTasteDelicious]

When it explicitly and intentionally incites violence. That is when. Period. It really doesn’t take any more debate beyond that what so ever.

[iwantcandy]

Thank you for this very intelligent video. I plan to use it for a class.

[angelamagnus]

This comment has been removed by the US government.

[FernandoVazquez-ronw]

Let us remember that as much as we love Freedom of Speech, it is NOT the only law in the land. There are many others and their boundaries are intertwined.

[judywright]

It does seem disheartening to see so few views on a thoughtful, well reasoned commentary, no yelling, just honest concerns for where we are going as a country. I can make my sons laugh with a quick rendition of what it was like when the tv went 'off', we'd just stare at the Indian head or listen to static. Now we are inundated with different forms of static, but just as cloudy and ill formed. The expression used to be 'The Squeaky Wheel Gets the Grease', but the noise of life has gotten so loud, arguments have to compete and end up screaming at us. Don't forget to find quiet to distinguish between what makes you think or wince.

[turquoisepony]

When it's trespassing somebody's property

[bellman]

if you think about it. freedom of speech doesent have a limit.

[DouglasHPlumb]

Freedom of speech must apply to history and ideas, but not to particular people. You should be able to say Leftists tend toward moronic but not call any particular leftist a moron but be free to challenge their ideas.

[peterpao]

....It ends when someone get offended!

[Pipes]

"More Freedom of speech and religion protections than nation in the history of the world", that is factually incorrect, unless your definition is "In the favour of white Christians". Canada has far better protections on freedom of all religions, including ones such as Paganism, Wicca and other Witchcraft based religions. And freedom of speech is given except in the cases of hate speech, racial and derogatory slurs, discrimination or harm to a minority group and other obvious things like those.

The Persian empire was also very big for its rights and freedoms, in fact, the democracy used in western cultures is based on the same structure that the Persians used, maybe the American idea of democracy was founded off the Athenian Greeks where if you were a white man you were allowed to vote and own land and such.

[irwintuquier]

There are bo restrictkon this is propaganda