The law does provide a definition of hate speech that does not apply to mean words in general. You assume we both know what is meant by "racist words" which im

The law does provide a definition of hate speech that does not apply to mean words in general. You assume we both know what is meant by "racist words" which implies it is a category that can be defined. Hate speech laws apply to more categories than race too. The wikipedia article has excerpts of and links to the relevant legislation and important cases: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hate_speech_laws_in_the_United_Kingdom https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hate_speech_laws_in_the_United...