If anybody is interested there is an interesting article on "Hate Speech":
http://www.article19.org/pages/en/hate-speech-more.html
The following should perhaps receive a special mention:
- In a 2001 Joint Statement, the UN, OSCE and OAS Special Mandates on the right to freedom of expression set out a number of conditions which hate speech laws should respect:
- No one should be penalised for statements which are true
- No one should be penalised for the dissemination of hate speech unless it has been shown that they did so with the intention of inciting discrimination, hostility or violence
- The right of journalists to decide how best to communicate information and ideas to the public should be respected, particularly when they are reporting on racism and intolerance
- No one should be subject to prior censorship
- Any imposition of sanctions by courts should be in strict conformity with the principle of proportionality.
- These provide a good basis for assessing the legitimacy of any particular hate speech law.
I think that declaring anybody "mentally diseased" and shunning them is "with the intention of inciting
discrimination".
Although this is not law in many lands as mentioned by Ruby456.