Hate speech or free speech in Japan
In Japan the Osaka Municipal Government proposed an
ordinance to curtail hate speech aimed at “racial and ethnic minorities.” This action is a result of increasing verbal
attacks against Korean residents in Osaka.
Earlier similar legislation was submitted to the Upper House
of the Japanese Diet (the national government legislative body). It was submitted by the Democratic Party of
Japan (DPJ) and the Social Democratic Party.
Japan is one of the few nations on earth with a profound
respect for free speech. That is about
to change thanks to liberals in Japan determine to ruin their nation as
liberals in the USA have succeeded in accomplishing.
When hate speech is limited free speech becomes the causality. When a people enjoy free speech guess
what? Some people will get their
feelings hurt, others may feel insulted.
That is a price free people are willing to pay to preserve free speech.
This movement in Japan to lead the nation down the road to
restricted speech can be traced in part to Osaka has a large ethnic Korean population,
many of whom are second or third Japanese born residents. In recent years demonstrations against these
Koreans have intensified in their verbal attacks during rallies. These events became ripe for liberals to
exploit to drag the nation to the extreme left.
The ordinance in Osaka and the proposed legislation in the Diet
on the surface are rather mild. Please
do not be deceived by that. Liberals
never stop once they achieve their first step.
Today anti ethnic group speech is outlawed, and then tomorrow other
types of speech will be attacked. Such
as religious or political speech. Is
that what the average person in Japan desires to see their nation degenerate
to?
In many parts of Western Europe “free speech” is an
illusion. There are laws prohibiting
negative speech against protected ethnic groups, religions, and sexual
orientations. Hold a rally critical of
an ethnic group or religion, and one faces legal consequences. Preach in a religious institution references
negative concerning certain sexual activities, and legal retribution could or
would be forthcoming. Canada seems to be
following Western Europe in this direction.
In the United States free speech and freedom of expression
is protected by the First Amendment to the U.S. Constitution which reads in
part:
“Congress shall make no law respecting an establishment of
religion, or prohibiting the free exercise thereof; or abridging the freedom of
speech,……”
This protection does not only appear in the U.S.
Constitution as it also appears in the Japanese Constitution, Article 21 which reads in part:
“Freedom of assembly and association as well as speech,
press and all other forms of expression are guaranteed.”
Around forty years ago a group of American Nazis held a
rally to broadcast their hate under the threat of violence. To protect their right of disgusting free
speech police were in attendance to protect these hateful derelicts. Their speech was offensive on many levels to
many people, yet their right to speak was protected.
In twenty-first century America people do not suffer free
speech suppression from the government, however oppressive “political
correctness” accomplishes what the law does not. Many government agencies from local dog catcher
to the Executive Office in The White House, if one says something someone else finds
offensive files either hate speech or sexual harassment, the offender is shuffled
off to sensitivity or diversity training.
Many corporations mirror the same behavior with an added act of firing
the so-called offending individual.
To the people of Japan: These attempts to curtail any form
of free speech should be opposed in the interest of preserving free
speech. It should be noted with these
freedoms we enjoy also comes a responsibility in exercising them. Freedoms do come with responsibilities. Freedoms can only be maintained with a
vigilant freedom loving populace.
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