My understanding of hate speech was not the speech that people hate, which I assume you implied, but the one that communicates or incites hate. Which one is correct?
Either definition is correct. If "hate speech" were outlawed, then someone, probably a federal bureaucrat, would decide what speech qualified. That's the definition of censorship.
It's hate speech but hate speech is protected by the First Amendment. Free speech means nothing if it doesn't protect speech people hate.
My understanding of hate speech was not the speech that people hate, which I assume you implied, but the one that communicates or incites hate. Which one is correct?
Either definition is correct. If "hate speech" were outlawed, then someone, probably a federal bureaucrat, would decide what speech qualified. That's the definition of censorship.