I don't believe in this idea of, 'That's hate speech, stop it.'
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If a university official's letter accusing a speaker of having a proclivity to commit speech crimes before she's given the speech - which then leads to Facebook postings demanding that Ann Coulter be hurt, a massive riot and a police-ordered cancellation of the speech - is not hate speech, then there is no such thing as hate speech.
I am absolutely opposed to political correctness. You cannot confront hate speech until you've experienced it. You need to hear every side of the issue instead of just one.
You know, everybody believes in free speech until you start questioning them about it.
Hate speech and freedom of speech are two different things.
You cannot prevent me from talking. I am exercising my right to free speech.
The First Amendment defends all forms of speech including hate speech, which is why groups like Ku Klux Klan are allowed to utter their poisonous remarks.
If we don't believe in freedom of expression for people we despise, we don't believe in it at all.
Do not give voice to bigotry.
You can't just give a speech and expect people to fall down and agree with you.
I think free speech is probably the coolest thing we have in this country, and again, you can label it hate speech and dismiss it, and then you're allowed to censor it.