“Hate speech laws would have stopped the Nazis.” There’s just one problem. They already tried.

On @freespeechtalk, Nadine Strossen, @NicoPerrino, & I explain why Weimar Germany’s experience should make us skeptical of giving governments more power to police speech.

As I've said - Lukianoff's Law: laws meant to protect vulnerable groups from speech they don't like will eventually be used to supress the very people it was meant to protect.

And sometimes “eventually“ means practically the next day!

There’s more than one problem.

Well yes, :-)

One of the worst memory holes in our modern discourse is the idea that fascist Germany was some kind of free speech Mecca. Central planning and top down authority is a big part of the fascist brand... speech is included.

You say foolish argument, I say malicious.

No not really

Do people really want their local protection racketeers to also police what they have to say...?

Intriguing. Speech precedes law. Speech is an endowed right - "unalienable", one might say.