Mick Clifford: Why are we allowing hate speech thrive?
Online hate-speech fuelled the Dublin riots of November 2023. The spread of hatred these days is directed at asylum seekers and people from diverse ethnic backgrounds.
Should we be free to say whatever we want, to voice our deepest fears or resentments? Should we have the right to cause offence if we believe such offence is entirely warranted?
Right now, the Government, and much of the body politic, appear to be going along with the notion that there should be precious few restrictions on the right to abuse or denigrate minorities.
