The European Centre for Press and Media Freedom is proud to announce this year’s competition for young writers. We ask you, young people under the age of 27, to write up to 1,000 words on the question: Should we be free to hate?
Darth Vader is a hater. For sure. Hate is where his strength and power comes from. His symbol is the death star.
Okay, it‘s fiction. Classic science fiction, actually.
In our world, the real world, most of the haters can be found in social media. There they hide behind a mask of anonymity. However more and more often they reveal themselves. Because they feel safe, because they think they have the right to say what they want to say.
Hate speech can be disturbing, embarrassing, frightening, destructive. So shouldn’t we just try to elimate it?…
