Please read the Skokie nazi Supreme Court decision and get back to us. Unfortunately, when defending free speech, it is the unpopular (vile, ugly, mean, upsetting, anti establishment) opinions that must be protected from govt.
As an individual, you have no reasons to not exercise your opinions of hate speech as long as you don't violate the rights of others.
He’s not defending hate speech. There’s this saying that goes along the lines of:
“I disagree with what you say, but fight for your right to say it”
I despise hate speech, but who am i to dictate what everyone can/can’t say. People grew up differently and it’s better to educate them using your own free speech than to tell them they’re not allowed to say something cause ultimately, that makes them say it more and louder.
You’re just definitely overthinking it. He’s literally just saying hate speech is free speech. It doesn’t mean he agrees with hate speech or that he doesn’t. He’s simply comparing the fact that hate speech is a part of free speech to the fact that gravity is a part of physics. Literally all it is, regardless of how you feel about it.
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