Please Blow My Mind

Hate speech - It's a term that is shot into the spotlight once again with the recent banning of popular YouTubers - but what is it? What's the difference between hate speech and someone being silly or mean. Linguistic expert, Prof. Dr. Konstanze Marx talks long-form about this very complicated issue but teaching us how to identify hate speech, what we all can do about it as well as some advice on why we should in fact 'feed the trolls' on the internet. This episode is sponsored by Float Culture - floatculture.co.nz/ Check out my YouTube channel for the video version of the podcast: www.youtube.com/PleaseBlowMyMind