Hate speech censorship contributes to the rise of anti-Muslim parties
Evidence
The rise, in the past few years, of anti-immigrant, anti-Muslim political parties throughout Europe bears out Valentine’s warning. The emergence of such organizations has been regarded by some as showing the necessity for even tighter controls on bigoted speech. In fact, the attempt to outlaw bigotry through censorship has itself provided some of the fuel for such bigotry. — Runnymede Trust (ed. Farah Elahi & Omar Khan), Islamophobia, 674
Categorization
- XREF: connects to: The far right adopted anti-Muslim rhetoric as a strategic path to electoral power — Chris Allen, Islamophobia, 471; Anti-racists’ expansion of ‘hatred’ legitimizes state censorship of minorities — Runnymede Trust (ed. Farah Elahi & Omar Khan), Islamophobia: Still a Challenge for Us…, 680
Related
- Anti-racists’ expansion of ‘hatred’ legitimizes state censorship of minorities (similarity 0.83)
- Anti-Muslim parties now hold significant political weight across European parliaments (similarity 0.81)
- Censoring bigotry makes opponents complacent and shirks the work of countering it. (similarity 0.80)
- Legal censorship lets anti-racists abandon open argument against prejudice (similarity 0.80)
Broader Connections
- Anti-racists’ expansion of ‘hatred’ legitimizes state censorship of minorities
#contradicts(0.85) — Runnymede Trust (ed. Farah Elahi & Omar Khan), Islamophobia, 680 - The far right adopted anti-Muslim rhetoric as a strategic path to electoral power
#expands(0.78) — Chris Allen, Islamophobia, 471