The point of the example was not to define "hate speech" it was to disagree with the assertion that "The worst thing a statement can be is false". Let's not be

The point of the example was not to define "hate speech" it was to disagree with the assertion that "The worst thing a statement can be is false". Let's not be children by playing the game of "Well, your central point was fine but this peripheral unimportant point that only I perceive is wrong and therefore the whole post is wrong"