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  • That’s why I drew the distinction between banning things the government doesn’t approve of and banning Nazi symbolism. The former is a risk to freedom of expression, but the latter is just hate speech, and south of the border (heck, even here with the KKKonvoy) is a perfect example of where the line should have been drawn w.r.t. that.

    And just to be clear, I’m not defending the bill - I’ll criticising the examples that the article used.


  • While government censorship is dangerous, the article is picking some really disingenuous examples:

    Another provision would make it illegal (as a government backgrounder puts it) to “willfully promote hatred against an identifiable group by publicly displaying certain terrorism or hate symbols.” It specifies the Nazi swastika, the SS insignia and the symbols of designated terrorist groups. What that means is that someone could be arrested in Canada simply for waving a flag, a bad idea no matter how odious the idea it represents.

    If you’re waving a Nazi flag, you’re not “just waving a flag.” They could have gone with “you could get charged for protesting a genocide” but decided to go with “I won’t be able to show my approval of fascism.” ಠ_ಠ