chilling effects

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chilling effect
soğutma etkisi
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chilling effect
A discouraging effect, especially on certain forms of officially legal speech

The hate crimes bill would allow recent racist statements by a suspect to be used as evidence that a crime was racially motivated; some legislators were concerned that this provision could have an undue chilling effect on speech that could be construed as racist.