This is my country as well as theirs.
Hate speech is still speech. We have that freedom and we should always have it. Hate speech is protected under the First Amendment just as any speech is protected.
Remember how the Fascists burned books they deemed offensive in Nazi Germany?
I want to be able to call a queer a homo if I feel like it and I frequently feel like it.
Actually, hate speech is not protected by the First Amendment. By law. The Free Speech amendment doesn’t guarantee the right to say ANYTHING. You know the “Fire!” example.
Critical speech and hate speech are two different things, though. I don’t know if “homo” falls under the hate speech category. But I do know that I don’t want my leaders calling people names, whether it’s individuals or groups of people. It’s immature and silly and serves no leadership purpose. As for regular, non-leader people, I tend not to associate with people who call other groups derogatory names. Any other groups. I just don’t relate to that mindset.