You can be a holocaust-denying, Jew-baiting anti-Semite in Germany at your own risk. What would happen to someone in the US who denied slavery ever existed and espoused the notion of blacks being less than human? Can you say ‘hate speech?’ I knew you could. And could you be jailed for it? You bet your bippy.
Jailed for saying slavery never happened? Uhhh don’t think so.
You are crazy. That person would not be arrested for saying those things.
“And could you be jailed for it? You bet your bippy.”
Ummm, no you cannot be jailed for mere “hate speech.” In US laws, the very limited use of “hate speech” has to do with expressed motivation while committing another crime. For example, in certain places, robbing a person....while calling them racist things...could add to the penalty of robbery.
No where in America though, can one be arrested merely for holding or expressing hateful, racist views. You might be thrown out of a business, or fired from a job....but you cannot be arrested. Our 1st Amendment does, actually, protect us.
Germany, however, since WWII has had laws against expressing support for Nazi views, including Holocaust denial. Given the fanatical, religious support Nazism had among many, this is understandable, to stomp it out—AND Germany does not have a 1st Amendment.
“What would happen to someone in the US who denied slavery ever existed and espoused the notion of blacks being less than human? Can you say ‘hate speech?’ I knew you could. And could you be jailed for it? You bet your bippy.”
There are no “hate speech” laws in the US, and you cannot be jailed for it.