reminder that most dehumanizing/hateful things ppl say are either https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Fighting_words or https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Incitement within the US, technically, and thus unprotected speech by the constitution they keep citing, compared to the speech they're often trying to silence with threats and harassment
@nire also they are specifically against the law in at least the UK. Not sure about France where witches is based.
https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hate_speech_laws_in_the_United_Kingdom
@geekylou yes, though I'm not talking about witches.space here, or even masto stuff in specific, but free speech culture that translates only to "my speech, and I silence everyone else through credible threats of violence and false equivalency that with the occasional accidental dogpile from the other side"