Critics of hate ###### argue that it causes psychological ###### to its victims, and physical ###### when it incites violence. They ###### say that it makes its ###### less equal in society. That ###### particularly true, they claim, because ###### speech is usually directed at ###### groups - people who have ###### power in society.

The Ongoing Debate About Hate Speech

Therefore, hate ###### poses a challenge for modern, ###### societies.]]>
In the ###### idea of what liberal, democratic ###### should be, all speech is ###### allowed - even hate speech. ###### person may be disgusted by ###### speech. But they may also ###### it worse to allow their ###### to censor the words of ###### citizen, even if those words ###### bigoted or hateful.

Any censorship, ###### might say, would lead to ###### censorship by a government. If the government were allowed more freedom to censor, who's to say they wouldn't censor anything that is unpopular? That ###### mean that something important, like ###### of the government, might get ###### just because some people didn't ###### it.]]>