Open AccessLanguage and Hate Speech Aspects in the Public Sphere Case Study: Republic of Macedonia
Author(s) -
Agim Poshka
Publication year - 2018
Publication title -
seeu review
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
ISSN - 1857-8462
DOI - 10.2478/seeur-2018-0009
Subject(s) - hatred , perspective (graphical) , order (exchange) , ethnic group , political science , public order , peninsula , the republic , public sphere , sociology , linguistics , law , epistemology , history , computer science , politics , economics , philosophy , archaeology , finance , artificial intelligence
The issue of hate speech is widely present in the Balkan Peninsula and although it has a serious impact in inter-ethnic and inter-religious relations, it has never been addressed properly by the academia or the judicial systems. This paper aims to outline the main principles that define hate speech from the linguistic and legal perspective. Throughout the paper several international cases of hate speech are cited along with the measures that western European countries take in order to minimize the level of stereotypes and public discrimination. In the second part, the paper brings examples from degrading hate speech cases coming from public figures in Macedonia. In addition, a few comparative cases from the international practice have been cited in order to perceive if an egalitarian society is possible in Macedonia from the aspect of language usage without the hatred constituents by aiming to develop an acceptable public discourse for all.