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Persuasive Speech On Hate Speech

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Hate Speech

What exactly is hate speech and is it protected by the Constitution? Hate speech is a claim against someone or a body of people if that person or body of people are saying something that the one who makes the claims disagrees with as a way to silence the opposition by making them look bad.

What is hate speech? Well according to amerca.org "Hate speech is speech that offends, threatens, or insults groups, based on race, religion, national origin, sexual orientation, disability, or other traits."

Hate speech is not hate crime. Hate crime is a crime usually, an act of violence towards people of different race, someone with a disability, religion, or sexual orientation, as said from report-it.com. Hate crime is much different, because hate speech is just a …show more content…

Some colleges have expelled their student because of hate speech. One instance, sourced by insidehighered.com is Harley Barber a student of The University of Alabama was expelled for posting a video on Instagram containing racial slurs. I will I protect or support racism, but I will protect and support free speech. Never the less, the University of Alabama is legally not allowed to expel Barber for her racial slurs. The University of Alabama is a public school and must abide by the people 's rights.

Who is affected by hate speech claims? We 've all seen and heard someone claim that someone else is using hate speech somewhere, whether one has heard it on the news or YouTube. I feel that hate speech claims are used to silence conservatives. My view on this is supported by Emily Ekins on "cato.org." She says "71% of people believe that political correctness is used to silence important discussions, where only 28% believe it helps. Furthermore, most conservatives feel afraid to share their open due to political correctness

where liberals don’t, so it 's obvious that liberals don’t face the problems of being politically correct when they continue to insult

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