Socialist Paradise has been achieved in Venezuela: Hate is now illegal.
Forget about Venezuela about to default on several loans which will dig the country even deeper in chaos, they have a law that makes it illegal to Hate. From now on, you are commanded to have only happy-happy thoughts as instructed by the government.
The good news is that does not necessarily apply to the common folk. It commands government entities to indoctrinate people on what Hate is according to the government and to develop programs to eradicate it. It also mandates Social media, Old Media and any media to provide free time, space and bytes to the government to spread this program… OK I did say this was the good news, I might have been mistaken.
The law acknowledges that there might be issues with interpreting what Hate is so the government will let you know what and you must proceed accordingly. Moving goalposts anyone?
The bad news? It applies directly to political parties. Remember the Antifa motto that goes “If you are not a Socialist, you are Fascist”? It has power of law now in Venezuela. The parties or organizations deemed fascist will be removed from the electoral registry and declared illegal.
Social Media are commanded to remove all and any speech that the government considers hateful or face consequences. I kinda smell an excuse to block Twitter and the such, but that is just me.
A new government entity will be created to make sure this law is followed. See? Creating jobs and shit, Via the Revolution!
You break this law and you will face 10 to 20 years in prison. Radio and TV stations that do not properly cull whatever the government says is Hate, will be fined up to 4% of their gross income.
And if you are a government official or cop and say “Fuck it, I don’t care about what people say or don’t say” you will be eligible for 8 to 10 years in prison for failing to do your job. Mind you, you can ignore an escaped murderer or rapist, but God Forbid if you let some guy walk away after saying “Chavez was an asshole and Maduro is a faggot.”
When the SJW and Masked Kids scream that Hate Speech is not protected by the First Amendment, this is what they will end up getting us into.
And then we will have to start popping skulls and they complain about it saying we are bullies and stuff.
Here is the link to the text of the law, but I am sorry to say it is in Spanish.