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Legality Of Rude

Published on Dec 18, 2015

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PRESENTATION OUTLINE

Is rudeness

Illegal?
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Hate Laws

What do you think they involve?
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1. The hate speech must be the most severe of the genre;
2. The hate speech must be targeted to an identifiable group;
3. It must be public;
4. It must be deliberate, not careless;
5. Excluded from hate speech are good faith interpretations of religious doctrine, discussion of issues of public interest, and literary devices like sarcasm and irony


6. The statements must be hateful when considered in their social and historical context;

7. No prosecution can proceed without approval of the attorney-general, which introduces political accountability because the attorney-general is a cabinet minister

What are

Trigger Warnings?

Should You

  • Be protected from offense?
  • Is it age dependent?
  • Can you grow without being challenged?