Why there should be consequences for false statements that aim to instigate hate, discontentment and suffering

Whether we agree or not, it is inevitable that the society will be worse off, if there is no consequence for false statements calculated to destabilize and unsettle the society. I just have an example of such statement in the screenshot here. Somebody made that false statement without caring how it affects the members of the Catholic faith. In fact, the maker of that statement calculated to hurt and offend the Catholics for no just cause. To say there should not be consequence for such statements is to place the society in danger.

Yes, we suspect our government people and we fear that any move against hate speech only serves to protect officials from public criticisms. But in truth, anti-hate laws will protect the vulnerable poor from manipulative media contents the more. That is to say, hate speeches hurt the poor more that they can hurt the rich, who are less dependent on other’s approval, more able to counter manipulative contents, better educated to resist the influence of false stories, and better able to purchase goodwill where it has been dented by false manipulative contents.

So, anti-hate laws should be supported by all, but with more efficient sanctions. It is thus inevitable.