[ClearCase_guy]

But to deny some of the hateful garbage coming from racists, terrorists and various sociopaths etc is "hate speech" is either not truthful or simply amoral.

But that's not the stuff that gets classified as Hate Speech!

Black folks say vile things about white folks all the time. It's not considered hate speech. Muslims say bad things about the Jews all the time. That's not hate speech. Feminists spray invective at males -- it's not hate speech.

Saying, "The Bible says homosexuality is wrong" -- now THAT's considered Hate Speech.

I reject the whole concept. It's an invented tool so that certain classes can say what they want, while certain other classes can be oppressed because they said what they wanted. It's totally un-American.

[Jorge]

I reject the whole concept. It's an invented tool so that certain classes can say what they want, while certain other classes can be oppressed because they said what they wanted. It's totally un-American.

I don't see the fact that the politically correct assign false definitions to "hate speech" as a reason to reject the "whole concept" out right.

I think those of us who have not totally lost our moral compass and are honest are quite capable of classifying REAL hate speech when we hear it.