Proponents of censorship typically argue that ###### traditional liberal position wrongly assumes the ###### equality of persons and groups in ###### and neglects the fact that there ###### marginalized groups who are especially vulnerable ###### the evils of hate speech. Hate ######, they argue, is not merely the ###### of ideas, but rather it is ###### effective means of socially subordinating its ######. When aimed at historically oppressed minorities, ###### speech is not merely insulting but ###### perpetuates their oppression by causing the ######, the perpetrators and society at large ###### internalize the hateful messages and act ######.]]>
The court system ###### the United States has, on the ###### of the First Amendment and its ###### of freedom of speech, generally ruled ###### attempts to censor hate speech. Other ###### democracies such as France, Germany, Canada ###### New Zealand have laws designed to ###### hate speech. Such laws have proliferated ###### World War II.]]>