> I do believe hate speech is illegal already. Not in the USA, no. https://www.popehat.com/2015/05/19/how-to-spot-and-critique-censorship-tropes-in-the-medias

> I do believe hate speech is illegal already. Not in the USA, no. https://www.popehat.com/2015/05/19/how-to-spot-and-critique-censorship-tropes-in-the-medias-coverage-of-free-speech-controversies/ https://www.popehat.com/2015/05/19/how-to-spot-and-critique-... > Certainly online harassment leading to someone committing suicide is. Harassment can be, but here "harassment" means making threats of violence, not just criticizing someone. That falls under "true threats": https://mtsu.edu/first-amendment/article/1025/true-threats https://mtsu.edu/first-amendment/article/1025/true-threats Note that the older "fighting words" doctrine is probably obsolete and even then only applies to face-to-face conversation. For more on that see the prior link to Popehat.