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UK and US actively sanction hate speech
Following the attack on Lee Jae-myeong, leader of the Democratic Party of Korea, the political movement to ban abusive language or hateful language that demonizes opponents has gained momentum, and the way in which Anglo-American parliaments regulate related speech is attracting attention. The British and American parliaments effectively prohibit expressions that are hostile to each other, and the chairmen exercise the power to sanction and discipline them.
Speech etiquette is strictly enforced at PMQ (Prime Minister’s Question time), which is considered a symbol of the British parliamentary system. The usual schedule is for the Prime Minister to answer questions for 30 minutes in the House of Commons every Wednesday at 12 noon, a British parliamentary tradition that is now 63 years old. On May 24 last year, Conservative MP Paul Bristow was disciplined by the Speaker of the House of Commons by ‘exiting the meeting for the day’ four minutes after PMQs began for “yelling so loudly that the Prime Minister’s answer could not be heard.”
According to the Institute for the Future of Congress, the U.S. House of Representatives can use expressions such as calling opponents “liars,” “hypocrites,” or “cowardly” or “collaborating with the enemy,” through the “decorum in the House and in committees.” I made sure there was no such thing. When the impeachment of former President Donald Trump was being discussed in the U.S. House of Representatives in 2020, the chairman of the Committee on Rules also announced separate ‘decency rules’ to be followed during the debate. These included, “When mentioning a fellow lawmaker, one’s intention or motivation itself should not be questioned,” and “The individualistic elements of a fellow lawmaker should not be characterized and expressed.”
Former National Assembly Speaker Kim Hyeong-oh said in a phone call, “In our National Assembly, expressions like ‘liar’ are used as seasoning, but in the Anglo-American National Assembly, they are severely punished. We must properly establish ethics regulations in the National Assembly so that hateful language cannot be allowed.”
Source: Donga
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