Freedom of Speech

SEE HERE The on-going nonsense about "hate speech" ought to be reined in and pulled up short by the reality that one man's "hate speech" is another's principled speech. Hate speech is one of those incoherent categories that is easily distorted and abused. The party in power may at first only define it is fairly reasonable ways, but even here what is to be made of righteous anger. Would we arrest Jesus for his treatment of the money changers? Probably. He certainly inflamed the hatred of the money changers. Speech is the making of sounds in the air. These sounds have meaning certainly and they can be used to incite people to many things. "Give me liberty or give me death" incited a colony to revolt. I think the British likely thought it "hate speech." Free men are allowed to speech even things that others may see as hateful.