Hate Speech Restrictions
Boonin’s whole chapter” Why I Used to Hate Hate Speech Restrictions” is saying that there should not be rules against Hate Speech.
Read the part “Them’s Fighting Words” and then Reconstruct Boonin’s argument in this part
Write by the following steps:
- What’s Boonin’s thesis in this section
- Define “fighting words”
- State the “fighting words” argument
a. Fighting word should be restricted
b. Hate speech is one kind of fighting words
Therefore, c. Hate speech should be restricted
and explain why - Explain 1 problem with 3’s 1st assumption
- Explain Boonin’s argument against 2nd assumption
- State Boonin’s Conclusion