"Hate", like many other words similarly abused, has steadily lost meaning due to deliberate overuse and overambiguity. "Hate speech" doesn't factually exist an

"Hate", like many other words similarly abused, has steadily lost meaning due to deliberate overuse and overambiguity. "Hate speech" doesn't factually exist anyway, all the sincerely objectional speech it claims to pertain to are already described since long before "hate speech" came into the lexicon: You speak lies and/or falsehoods about someone? That's libel[1] and/or slander[2] and you can be sued for it. You provoke someone into violence? Them's fightin' words and are not protected under the 1st Amendment.[3] You change your behaviour towards someone based on their race, nationality, sex, or creed? That is discrimination and illegal regardless the context or undertones.[4] --------------- [1]: https://www.law.cornell.edu/wex/libel https://www.law.cornell.edu/wex/libel [2]: https://www.law.cornell.edu/wex/slander https://www.law.cornell.edu/wex/slander [3]: https://www.law.cornell.edu/wex/fighting_words https://www.law.cornell.edu/wex/fighting_words [4]: https://www.law.cornell.edu/wex/discrimination https://www.law.cornell.edu/wex/discrimination