| "Hate Speech...consists of written
or spoken words that insult and degrade groups identified by race,
gender, ethnic group, religion or sexual orientation...Most countries
punish hate speech...Whatever the real or imagined harms of hate
speech, the U.S. Supreme Court has ruled that most expression of
bigotry and prejudice is political speech protected by the First
Amendment. Only...fighting words are beyond constitutional
protection... Middleton, p. 45-46. (2006) |
