Document Type
Working Paper
Publication Date
2-14-2012
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Abstract
Our contribution to the debate about hate speech Pressure Valves and Bloodied Chickens analyzes a group of objections to hatespeech regulation that originate from the liberal side and take the form of asserting that if minorities knew their own best interest they would not demand rules limiting hate speech Paternalistic in nature these objections have in common that the objector pretends to knows better what is in minorities best interest and include the bestfriend and reverseenforcement argument that hatespeech rules are invariably turned against minorities when in fact they are not
Recommended Citation
David H. Yun & Richard Delgado,
Pressure Valves and Bloodied Chickens: An Analysis of Paternalistic Objections to Hate Speech Regulation,
(2012).
Available at:
https://scholarship.law.ua.edu/fac_working_papers/80