Freedom of speech should include the right to use hate speech because people have their own opinions and should be allowed to express their love and hatred for specific things. Hate speech is defined as “speech that attacks, threatens, or insults a person or group on the basis of national origin , ethnicity, colour, religion, gender, gender identity, sexual orientation or disability.” Unfortunately human beings will always feel the need to judge others even if they themselves dont want to be a judgemental person, they will subconciously judge other people no matter what. Certain people take it to the extent where it is not accepted by society, this is what we call hate speech. Society has however become more fragile and it seems everyday speech is considered hate speech to a certain extent. …show more content…
This is usually where the problem lies: people wish to say what ever they want but refuse to hear that there is actually a different opinion on a specific thing.
One must ask the question why do people enjoy judging and putting down/belittling other people? Apperently there are tactical reasons as well as strategic reasons. The tactical reason entails that most people enjoy being correct and granted, making others wrong. Strategically, instead of that initial rush that a person gets from the satisfaction of being right they could possibly be doing it all for a different and more ‘long-range’ reason. This is not mentally healthy but is very common amongst the human