That group may have attributes such as race, ethnicity, gender, sexual orientation, religion, age, physical or mental disability and others. In that liberal society, there's an "open exchange of ideas." When aimed at historically oppressed minorities, hate speech is not just insulting it also continues the oppression of these minorities. That is particularly true, they claim, because the social groups that are commonly the targets of hate speech have historically suffered from social marginalization and oppression. For them, hate speech, in addition to a broader system of inequality and unjust discrimination that burdens the victims, effectively silences them. That group may have attributes such as race, ethnicity, gender, sexual orientation, religion, age, physical or mental disability and others. Hate speech is often intended to incite hatred or violence against a group. The court system of the United States has, on the basis of the First Amendment and its principle of freedom of speech, generally ruled against attempts to censor hate speech. Typical hate speech involves labels and slurs, or statements that promote malicious stereotypes. The "open exchange of ideas" neglects the fact that there are marginalized groups who are especially vulnerable to the evils of hate speech. Censorship, they might say, would lead to more censorship by a government. That group may have attributes such as race, ethnicity, gender, sexual orientation, religion, age, physical or mental disability and others. In the idea of what traditional liberal, democratic societies should be, all speech is typically allowed under the ideal of "freedom of expression." Hate speech is speech or expression that belittles a person or persons because they belong (even allegedly) to a certain social group. That is particularly true, they claim, because the social groups that are commonly the targets of hate speech have historically suffered from social marginalization and oppression.