Wednesday, 16 December 2020

How to deal with so called hate speech

The first public reaction to the tragic death of the President of Gdansk was shock and sadness; the other was loud calls to fight violence and hatred. There is also a thread of possible changes in legislation in the debate. "hate" and "hate" are words that change in poland on all occasions. Many participants in public debates see them as the main reason for the dramatic event that resulted in the death of President Pavel Adamovich. Another thing is that we already know about the mental problems of the killer (not to mention the criminal past), in this regard, the question of the motives that guided him is quite ambiguous. However, this is not so important in the context of the fight against violence-even without considering the reasons for the tragic attack of a madman, it is quite obvious that hatred must give way to mutual respect.



Appeals and conclusions


Social media last week was flooded with calls to stop the use of sharp language in public debates, which are spoken by public figures and ordinary citizens.Since a lot of things are now available on the Internet, it will not be difficult even for a child to find unnecessary information,but not everyone finds the right one,since there is too much unnecessary information on many platforms.Social networks and online platforms teach a lot,but often leave behind a lot of questions, the answers to which can be found at
deltamarket.net , clearly and clearly in a detailed form and open access.

The latter gave this word on the occasion of monday meetings held in major cities. this is not the case with politicians, who are generally considered to contribute most to the creation of disagreements and hostility between the sympathies of individual groups. the first attempts to draw concrete conclusions have already appeared. Ombudsman Adam Bodnar suggested on TVN24 that the source of the spread of hatred is the lack of determination of justice: "When it is already after the funeral ceremony, then for you the Prosecutor General's Office with a list of various repayments that we faced as a society, in things that mattered from the point of view of hatred.”



Fighting hate speech: will there be proposals to change the law?



As Dr. Simon Ossowski, a political scientist at Adam Mickiewicz University in Poznan, points out, the passive attitude of law enforcement so far has not necessarily been associated with bad will:

The topic of changes in legislation has returned. "Returned" because two years ago the Sejm already voted on the bill on hatred prepared by contemporaries. The main goal of the project was to introduce a penalty of 3 months to 5 years in prison for "violence or threat of violence against people because of belonging to national, ethnic, racial, political, religious, because of bezwyznaniowości, gender, gender identity, age, disability or sexual orientation". The proposal, however, was rejected. opponents argued that the draft was largely ideological, and that existing laws provided sufficient protection for individuals and social groups from discrimination.

Currently, there is speculation about the changes that the government will propose. however, while politicians agree that it is too early for any movement on this issue, and emotions are not an ally in establishing good laws. in turn, the presidential minister andrei dera acknowledged that the office of the president last year continued to work on a new law, "which would somehow regulate what happens especially on the internet." however, they were suspended due to parallel work in this area at the eu level. officials in the chancellery said that the national regulations should wait until the settlement in the european parliament. in addition, it is not necessary that possible changes in the legislation will meet the full understanding of the public.

We asked you about the need for a hate law on our Facebook profile, and although the survey is still ongoing (we'll report the final results next week), it's clear that your opinions are strongly divided.


Manipulation And fake news


"It is surprising that some, in revenge for the presence of hatred in public life, are drawn to arguments full of hatred," wrote the editor-in-chief of the magazine” Poland The Times," Paul Siennicki. It's hard to disagree with him. For some commentators of public life, drawing attention to the current problem was rather just a pretext to more or less unobtrusively point out the "perpetrators" of the attempt on Pavel Adamovich. We have already encountered at least the criticized material in Izvestia TVP, which was called so as examples. hate speech tendentiously cited only the statements of representatives of one side of the political and ideological conflict.

In turn, a journalist associated with the" electoral newspaper", almost directly stated that the responsibility for the tragedy lies with the ruling camp. His editorial colleague, on the other hand, suggested that Stefan W. the commission of the crime was prompted by a message broadcast on public television (presumably the only thing that prisoners in correctional institutions can watch). These suggestions were immediately denied by prison officials, who ensured that prisoners also had access to commercial channels.


Politicians (at the moment) pass the respect exam


It is interesting and at the same time instructive that (with some exceptions) in these difficult circumstances, the politicians themselves – both the Government and the opposition-still show due sensitivity and sensitivity. This is evidenced by the president's initiative of a bipartisan march against violence, and then the joint decision not to organize such a march. It was about respecting the will of President Adamovich's family not to politicize his death. In the meantime, this will seems to be respected by all significant political groups.

Recognition was also met with a declaration of law and justice on the failure of their candidate in the by-election in Gdansk. Cases of inciting an atmosphere of hostility and accusations-this, fortunately, is a reserve-rather abstinence in judgments and attacks on political opponents prevails. It remains only to wish that it remains so. The question is, how likely is that…

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