ethnicity, gender, sexual orientation, religion, age, physical or mental disability and others.]]> state censorship is a cure that causes more harm than the disease of bigoted expression.]]> minorities, hate speech is not merely insulting but also perpetuates their oppression by causing the victims, the perpetrators and society at large to internalize the hateful messages and act accordingly.]]> inequality and unjust discrimination that burdens the victims, effectively silences them.]]> suppression of other unpopular but nevertheless legitimate expression, perhaps even of the criticism of government, which is vital to the political health of liberal democracy.]]> hatred or violence against a group.]]> disease of bigoted expression.]]> malicious stereotypes and speech intended to incite hatred or violence against a group.]]> subordinating its victims.]]> censorship is a cure that causes more harm than the disease of bigoted expression.]]> variety of people and groups.]]> traditional liberal position regarding hate speech is to permit it under the auspices of freedom of expression.]]> denigrates a person or persons on the basis of (alleged) membership in a social group identified by attributes such as race, ethnicity, gender, sexual orientation, religion, age, physical or mental disability and others.]]> oppression.]]> religion, age, physical or mental disability and others.]]>