Hate speech is an expression ###### mocks or belittles a person ###### he or she may belong ###### a certain social group. That ###### may be a certain race, ######, gender, sexual orientation, religion, age, ###### with physical or mental disability ###### something else.

Typical hate speech ###### labels and slurs. Hate speech ###### be directed so people inflict ###### or violence against a group. ###### hate speech involves cruel stereotypes - believing that all people of ###### group act a certain way, ###### have a certain attribute.]]>
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.]]>
Discussing And Agreeing On Ideas

Some people argue ###### the best way to fight ###### speech is to point out ###### wrong and false it is ###### an idea. In this "liberal" ######, there's an "open exchange of ######." In this situation, all ideas ###### to be discussed and debated. ###### then comes to an agreement ###### what ideas it wants or ###### want.

Some people believe that ###### speech should be censored.]]>
Hate speech, they argue, ###### not simply the "free expression ###### ideas." It actually causes its ###### to be unsafe and lesser ###### society. When aimed at oppressed ###### and other people of color, ###### speech is not just insulting - it also continues the oppression ###### these minorities. It causes the ######, the people spewing hate and ###### rest of society to absorb ###### hateful messages and act on ###### hate.]]>
To them, victims of ###### speech cannot enter the "open ###### of ideas" as equal participants ###### defend themselves. For them, hate ###### is part of a broader ###### of inequality and unjust discrimination. ###### just causes more problems for ###### victims, effectively silencing them.

The ###### States protects freedom of speech ###### the First Amendment. U.S.]]>
###### liberal democracies such as France, ######, Canada and New Zealand have ###### designed to lessen hate speech. ###### laws have gotten more popular ###### World War II.]]>