Haggle on Hate

Anonycast

Some of the greatest speeches of the free world resonate to date; "Give me blood and I shall give you freedom", said Shubhash Chandra Bose. "Freedom is our birthright", said Bal Gangadhar Tilak. "I have a dream", said Martin Luther King Jr. Some speeches gave you goosebumps, some speeches angered you, and then there are just some speeches which leave you shocked and disappointed making you wonder if the Freedom Of Speech is being misused. Bharat tere tukde honge, inshallah inshallah or desh ke gadaro ko goli maro saalo ko, does this remind you of something? Hate speech or constructive criticism? Sometimes, actually most of the time media houses turn speeches out of context or the context out of the speeches and turn it into material for propaganda, maybe, something that sells and gets them more viewers. In this episode, we are looking to discuss some speeches that are turned into a hate speech or how some particular words of a speech are taken out of context after which these words individually have a different interpretation. How far could someone go to turn criticism into hate? How could this be tackled in the digital age?