Public speech has long been limited by law: slander, libel, sedition, public nuisance, public safety, violation of NDA, violation of gag orders, indecency, and

Public speech has long been limited by law: slander, libel, sedition, public nuisance, public safety, violation of NDA, violation of gag orders, indecency, and more. Your argument is only that no amount of hate speech is too much. But I see no principle in civil rights that defends the repercussions that ensue from purely bilious expression, any more than the claim that mercilessly berating some individual unto suicide should be an act of free expression. Verbal misconduct often leads to penalties in civil court. The question here is whether it should also lead to criminal penalties, as speech that is intended only to injure. It seems to me that a civil society cannot coexist with the unfettered right to speak hate. One of the two must win out. I hope it's civility. So far, I think it's been hate.