No, There's No 'Hate Speech' Exception to the First Amendment

Leftists bitching about "hate speech" are simply attempting to shut down speech with which they disagree.

They're ghoulish reprobates and totalitarians.

See Eugen Volokh, at the Washington Post:

I keep hearing about a supposed “hate speech” exception to the First Amendment, or statements such as, “This isn’t free speech, it’s hate speech,” or “When does free speech stop and hate speech begin?” But there is no hate speech exception to the First Amendment. Hateful ideas (whatever exactly that might mean) are just as protected under the First Amendment as other ideas. One is as free to condemn Islam — or Muslims, or Jews, or blacks, or whites, or illegal aliens, or native-born citizens — as one is to condemn capitalism or Socialism or Democrats or Republicans...

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Perhaps the idiots at the New York Times should read the Volokh Conspiracy:

.@nytimes Hey dullards at the New York Times, there's no such thing as 'hate speech.' @nytopinion cc. @RSMcCain @Instapundit @PamelaGeller

— Donald Douglas (@AmPowerBlog) May 7, 2015