Should hate speech be illegal?

This position holds that hate speech should be illegal. It argues hate speech is a form of discrimination with severe real-world consequences, and points out that many other countries already have laws condemning and prohibiting it as harmful to society.

This position holds that hate speech should not be illegal. It argues that people have the right to say what they want regardless of consequences, invoking freedom of speech, and that legally policing offensive expression does more harm than the speech itself.

This position holds that hate speech is not a matter for the law at all. It argues the government should not dictate what people say, that banning hate speech is hypocritical and unworkable, and that—since it has always existed—different cultures handle it in their own ways.