|Chapter 2| Concept and Types of Hate Speech
3. Types of Hate Speech
It is difficult to organize hate speech into subcategories. There are various types
of hate speech that range from simple prejudice to inciting violence, and there
are also limitations in classifying types of hate speech using superficial terms
without considering the context. However, types of hate speech may be helpful in
understanding the concepts and aspects of hate speech. Although the following
types do not assume legal measures, they may also be used as references to
apply legal measures.
1) Insulting Hate Speech: Expressions that insult,
degrade, abuse, or threaten
A major type of hate speech is “insulting hate speech.” This refers to an
expression that insults, degrades, abuses, or threatens the target group and
is prohibited by legislation on hate speech by many countries, including Great
Britain’s Public Order Act 1986. This type of hate speech shows prejudice towards
a particular target group, insults the target group, or compares the target group
to animals to describe them as a group that should be avoided or eliminated.
Such prejudice may generalize a target group with a negative image. An
example is calling women “Kimchi ladies” or “Doenjang ladies” to state that
women spend too much money and are vain. This also includes describing
migrant workers from particular countries as lazy or dirty, and calling refugees “fake
refugees.” The chant “He’ll shoot, he’ll score, he’ll eat your Labrador” aimed at
Heung-Min Son, a professional South Korean footballer who plays at the Premier
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