While I agree with your assessment, one could argue that the restriction of hateful or disparaging speech creates incorrect and harmful stereotypes that can lea

While I agree with your assessment, one could argue that the restriction of hateful or disparaging speech creates incorrect and harmful stereotypes that can lead to harm, whether it be in the form of street violence or democratic demagoguery. And one could then extrapolate that such permissiveness in speech, even if it directly or indirectly leads to harm, could spill over into damage and instability to society as a whole, particularly to those who were neither a part of the class of those using hateful speech, nor those who were on the receiving end. To me, it appears to be a reasonable tradeoff. Such like how in America the second amendment permits private firearm ownership, but federal law justifiably bans private ownership of automatic weapons, military grade explosives, and so on.