Irish Minister of State, mother of trans young person, describes how she has been abused and given death threats .....#trans #ireland - and why we need hate speech legislation. https://www.irishtimes.com/politics/2023/09/23/a-politician-under-threat-i-stay-in-the-dail-all-day-and-its-straight-over-to-buswells-for-the-night/
@athenamedia This article does not explain why we need hate speech legislation. A lot of what is described in the article is already covered in legislation under the "Non-Fatal Offences Against The Person Act, 1997". I think using death threats and intimidation as a reason to introduce restrictions on speech is very deceptive.
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@0daystolive yet no one is being prosecuted for these threats and part of the case about why we need specific hate speech legislation is that its been extremely difficult to get justice in cases where someone like this is consistently targeted with hate - through intimidation, threats, slurs.