They separated from the North to keep owning black people as slaves. Hate speech uses cruel words known as slurs. They may follow a certain religion. The U.S. courts usually rule that hate speech can not be blocked. Hate speech is words used to bring down a person. That group may have a certain skin color, or are from a certain country. However, they do not want the government to block people from saying what they feel. Some of these people say we just need to point out that hate speech is wrong. This led to the Civil War. But they made laws to reduce hate speech. There is usually a goal behind hate speech. They may follow a certain religion. For example, the American flag is a symbol of the United States. For them, it should be OK to speak out against the government. It is also protected by the First Amendment.