The First Amendment’s Protection of ‘Hate Speech’ Is Not ‘Despicable’

Source: National Review
Published: Jul 20, 2023
Author: Charles C.W. Cooke
Post Date: 2023-07-20 18:31:34 by Charles_Byrd
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“Despicable”? But it’s . . . true. That “hate speech is free speech” is not an “opinion”; it’s a fact. That’s how the First Amendment works. There is, in American law, no such thing as “hate speech.” Subjectively, one might consider some of that speech to be “hateful.” Sometimes, it is. It’s also free speech.

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