Free speech or hate speech can both be hurtful to someone. There is no way to never offend someone. I feel that if we continue on the path of trying to make everyone feel less offended, the result might be the censorship of our voices when we believe we are expressing something that should not be considered hate speech. We must remember that when we implement policies that diminish a voice or a group’s power, we may also be affecting our own future power when those policies apply to us. You may say, “I would never fight to use hate speech”, but to you it may not be hate speech and to someone else it may absolutely be hate speech. We know our perspective is only our personal perspective and someone else will ultimately disagree.
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