UFC 312: Sean Strickland angers Australian media with inflammatory comments
His tirade once again attracted the attention of freedom of speech in the UFC, a series of anti-Semitic, gay and trans comments published by Bryce Mitchell, the American Quill. last week.
Mitchell said Adolf Hitler was a “good guy” and “the Holocaust was not real”, prompting UFC President Dana White to condemn the comments “not disgusting.”
White said the UFC would not punish Mitchell, but added that despite what he said was “one of the stupidest things I’ve ever heard”, his comments would be protected by freedom of speech.
White explained why Mitchell wouldn’t be condemned by the UFC in an interview with Piers Morgan.
“I think the most important freedom of speech that may be protected is hate speech,” White said.
“Because when the government or someone can be sure to say ‘this is hate speech’, it’s a very slippery slope, and it seems dangerous to me.”
Hate speech should be punished under Australian law This week, lawmakers passed a series of amendments The crime law of hatred in Australia, including the creation of hate symbols and terror, should be punished under a mandatory imprisonment clause of one to six years.
Strickland’s round against Du Plessis was a rematch of their fight last January South Africans won by split decision.
Strickland also made gay and trans comments in the fight, with White adding that Americans exercised his “freedom of speech” at post-war press conferences.
