It appears some people are misguided or just being deliberately mischievous. Hate speech is not the same as criticism. The later is tolerated everywhere, never the former. Hate speech has little or nothing to do with socio-economic discontents.
Even in developed countries, hate speeches are frowned at with strong laws.
Uncontrolled hate speeches led to avoidable loss of lives during the 1994 Rwandan genocide. It's used freely during the Holocaust in Germany.
Uncontrolled hate speeches led to avoidable loss of lives during the 1994 Rwandan genocide. It's used freely during the Holocaust in Germany.
Hate speeches also led the the loss of lives of Bosnian Muslims in 1992. The list goes on. All these have nothing to do with criticisms.
While I blame relevant government agencies like NOA, NBC etc for failing to do their jobs in curbing hate speeches...
While I blame relevant government agencies like NOA, NBC etc for failing to do their jobs in curbing hate speeches...
...we social media users - especially the reckless ones - should take a fair share of the blame too. Demonizing entire ethnic, national, religious etc groups and freely calling them derogatory offensive names e.g. "cockroaches".
Hate speech and criticism have their different meanings. Hate speech is not freedom of speech!
