Stojanovski for Lokalno: Political and Media Circles Have Been Accustoming Macedonians for Years That Hate Speech Is Something “Normal”
Since the Russian-Ukrainian crisis started, a propaganda war started on social media in our country, full of hate speech and “cheering” for one of the warring parties. Certain political and media circles have for years been accustoming the citizens of the Republic of North Macedonia that hate speech is something “normal” and that calls for violence are a “normal” part of the political discourse, as it is even presented as something “democratic”, Filip Stojanovski, Partnership and Resource Development Director at Metamorphosis Foundation told Lokalno in a conversation
On the contrary, Stojanovski emphasizes that our Criminal Code considers as crimes hate speech, calls for violence and justification of crimes against humanity, war crimes.
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