Tournament: Berkeley | Round: 4 | Opponent: Robert McQueen JC | Judge: Elzarka, Amy
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Hate speech inflicts psychological violence across multiple generations and millennia – also justifies mass oppression and primes society for genocide
Delgado and Stefacic ’09, Richard Delgado - University Professor, Seattle University School of Law; J.D., 1974, University of California, Berkeley. Jean Stefancic – Research Professor, Seattle University School of Law; M.A., 1989, University of San Francisco. “FOUR OBSERVATIONS ABOUT HATE SPEECH.” WAKE FOREST LAW REVIEW. 2009
II. OBSERVATION NUMBER TWO… in balancing hate .
EVEN if you grant them their silencing impacts – that silencing is KEY to create a cultural shift.
Watterson 91 (Kim M. Watterson, 'THE POWER OF WORDS: THE POWER OF ADVOCACY CHALLENGING THE POWER OF HATE SPEECH', 1991 by the University of Pittsburgh Law Review; Kim M. Watterson, 52 U. Pitt. L. Rev. 955 University of Pittsburgh Law Review Summer, 1991, JL)
Second, hate speech …will be strengthened.
It’s try or die for speech restrictions – leaving racism unaddressed will only make things worse, - Psychological evidence proves allowing hate speech makes violent acts MORE likely to occur because the hateful ideology unconsciously spreads
Delgado and Yun 94, Richard Delgado Charles Inglis Thomson Professor of Law, University of Colorado’ and David H. Yun JD, University of Colorado, “Pressure Valves and Bloodied Chickens: An Analysis of Paternalistic Objections to Hate Speech Regulation,” California Law Review Vo. 82, 1994. RFK
Hate speech may …beings are not.
Open hate speech creates a chilling effect – the market viewpoint fails to take into account the lived experience of the oppressed
Watterson 91 (Kim M. Watterson, 'THE POWER OF WORDS: THE POWER OF ADVOCACY CHALLENGING THE POWER OF HATE SPEECH', 1991 by the University of Pittsburgh Law Review; Kim M. Watterson, 52 U. Pitt. L. Rev. 955 University of Pittsburgh Law Review Summer, 1991, JL)
The dilemma inherent …the first amendment.
People who speak overtly offensive views aren’t open to hearing the other side UC Santa Cruz proves
Riley ’13 Naomi Schaefer Riley. August 6, 2013. Philanthropy Daily. Campus speech codes don’t fix hate speech, they stifle true debate.
On every campus… right to exist”.
Hate speech chills campus behavior – this turns AC impacts. Tsesis 10(Tsesis, Alexander. "Burning Crosses On Campus: University Hate Speech Codes." Connecticut Law Review 617. 2010. Web. December 05, 2016.
Allowing students or …or instigate violence.
