Unfortunately, Jean's point needs to be emphasized. Being characterized as a hater is dreadful. Being subject to hate is at least a couple of quanta beyond dreadful. That's why, in my view, the hate speech controversy always begins with the wrong baseline, an inordinate concern with the speaker and speech rather than the subject of such speech and his or her equality (and stigma) as a member of the moral/constitutional community. Bobby
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