Poland has signed a new WEF treaty that will see citizens who
violate harsh new “hate speech” laws spend up to three years in prison
for “offensive” content against LGBTQ+ people.
According to the WEF, hate speech includes criticism of “minor-attracted people” (MAPs) – more commonly known as pedophiles.
On Wednesday, the Polish Ministry of Justice took a stance in support of
the WEF by drafting an amendment to the penal code regarding hate
speech on the website of the Government Legislation Center.
Zerohedge.com
reports: The new draft law is looking to expand classifications
regarding hate speech to include age, disability, gender, sexual
orientation and gender identity, according to Polish news outlet DoRzeczy.
Poland’s new government moves to crack down on ‘hate speech’
In a strong stand against government plans to penalize what it calls
“hate speech,” Poland’s Confederation party asserts the need for free
and unrestricted public discourse
“The introduction of the proposed solutions will ensure enhanced
and full criminal law protection against the use of violence or unlawful
threats, incitement to hatred, insults and violations of bodily
integrity due to the disability, age, gender, sexual orientation or
gender identity of the injured party,” reads the draft.
However, even for “insults,” which are loosely defined, penalties could be extremely harsh under the new draft law.
Provisions regarding gender, sexual orientation and gender identity
have been added to article 256, which covers incitement to hated and in
article 257 regarding insults.
Now, under these new rules, “insults” against sexual
orientation or gender identity will be punishable by up to three years
in prison.
Warnings about new hate speech law
Opposition parties in Poland were already warning against proposals to change hate speech laws in
January of this year when the new government first came to power. They
argued that such changes would effectively end free speech in Poland and
represent a grave threat to religious freedom, with Catholicism in
particular critical of many aspects of LGBT.
“The ruling coalition, as part of its coalition agreement, has announced that they want to penalize so-called hate speech. The current left-wing Deputy Minister of Justice Krzysztof Śmiszek,
from the New Left, has stated that his department is currently working
on introducing these regulations, which limit freedom of speech and
public debate in Poland. We, as the Confederation, strongly
oppose this. The direct consequence of criminalizing certain words will,
in fact, be the criminalization of conservative, religious, Christian
views,” said Confederation MP Karina Bosak on Friday.
Dobromir Sośnierz, another party member, highlighted concerns about the subjective nature of defining hate speech.
“What the left understands by so-called hate speech, in
practice, will mean speech hated by Minister Śmiszek, not necessarily
speech that expresses hatred towards someone, but something that
leftists dislike,” he remarked.
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