Hate speech as a structural phenomenon

Q2 Social Sciences

First Amendment Studies Pub Date : 2020-07-02 DOI:10.1080/21689725.2020.1837649

C. Carlson

引用次数: 3

Abstract

ABSTRACT Hate speech is more than just expression used to malign people based on their fixed identity characteristics. It is a tool deployed by those with various forms of power to maintain their social, political, or economic dominance. It puts its victims in a subordinate position, which makes equality all but impossible. Therefore, we must reconsider the near absolute protection afforded to hate speech under the First Amendment. Americans should utilize existing civil legal remedies to combat hate speech, which only serves to maintain systems of oppression such as white supremacy, gender inequity, and heteronormativity. By opening the door to civil penalties against the subordination caused by hate speech, we pave the way for those seeking equality to achieve it.

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仇恨言论是一种结构性现象

仇恨言论不仅仅是基于人们固定的身份特征来诋毁他人的表达方式。它是那些拥有各种形式权力的人用来维持其社会、政治或经济主导地位的工具。它将受害者置于从属地位，这使得平等几乎不可能实现。因此，我们必须重新考虑第一修正案对仇恨言论提供的近乎绝对的保护。美国人应该利用现有的民事法律补救措施来打击仇恨言论，因为仇恨言论只会维持白人至上、性别不平等和异性恋等压迫制度。通过对仇恨言论造成的从属地位进行民事处罚，我们为那些寻求平等的人实现平等铺平了道路。

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First Amendment Studies Social Sciences-Law

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期刊介绍： First Amendment Studies publishes original scholarship on all aspects of free speech and embraces the full range of critical, historical, empirical, and descriptive methodologies. First Amendment Studies welcomes scholarship addressing areas including but not limited to: • doctrinal analysis of international and national free speech law and legislation • rhetorical analysis of cases and judicial rhetoric • theoretical and cultural issues related to free speech • the role of free speech in a wide variety of contexts (e.g., organizations, popular culture, traditional and new media).