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Do you believe in hate crime laws? Do you support some restrictions on the freedom of speech and expression? would you base them on hate?
Hate speech refers to inflammatory statements made directly or indirectly towards a group based on said group's race, skin colour, religion, beliefs, background, mental health, physical ability, social class, sexual preference orientation, gender and so forth that may incite violence or encourage discrimination.
Due to power dynamics in many multicultural societies, most hate speech laws are designed to protect historically persecuted people from groups with power.
Difference from hate crime
In the U.S., hate speech is distinguished from a "hate crime" in that no one is physically hurt by the former and it isn't illegal. A hate crime is a crime of violence against a person or their property motivated by hatred of the victim for reasons of their religious, racial, disabled or sexual status. Hate speech uttered in the commission of a crime may be taken as evidence of the hate-driven motive for it.
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