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248. The Adventures of Pinnochio and Free Speech Part 2/4

The Jordan B. Peterson Podcast

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Hate Crime Legislation - Who Defines Hate?

A lot of people do assume that I'm a mean loudmouth. Most people who are advocating for free speech are doing so precisely because they are aware that in countries where free speech protections are meager, minorities tend to suffer the most. The legislation that currently stands here means that, for instance, if you say something critical about me and I perceive that it was motivated by hatred towards me on the basis of my sexuality for instance, I could phone the police and that would appear on hate crime statistics. That's just a complete disregard for due process but I suppose we can leave that aside. It seems to be a corollary to me that those who are genuinely for free Speech are also for

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