"Hate speech" is in the ear of the beholder

"Hate speech" is in the ear of the beholder Before his murder, Charlie Kirk put it bluntly: “Hate speech does not exist legally in America. There is ugly speech, gross speech, there’s evil speech, and all of it is protected by the First Amendment to keep America free.” He was right. There’s no such thing as hate speech in American law. The term is a political weapon, not a legal category. For instance, the “Matthew Shepard hate crimes prevention Act 2009 was the first time Congres...