Hate speech is a very quaint notion here in the states as roachboy points out...for the time being. But times are changing and I think the issue of 'free speech' will need to be re-addressed. Particularly as this country changes ethnically and, equally important, economically.
Anything about this country that we recite by rote we should probably be questioning.
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