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Episode: Hate Speech Isn’t Real: Why We DEFEND Horrible Speech Of Our Enemies w/ Robert Shibley (FIRE) + Curtis Houck (Newsbusters) & Jerome Hudson (Breitbart)
Description: In a controversial post, AG Pam Bondi says “Hate speech that crosses the line into threats of violence is NOT protected by the First Amendment. It’s a crime.” But does “hate” speech even exist under 1A? Laws to silence our foes today will be the same laws our foes use to silence us tomorrow.
AG Bondi’s post quickly received a Community Note: “The US Constitution protects most violent speech… The Supreme Court ruled it legal to “justify” or celebrate violence… but not “incitement” to “imminent” violence.”
Even commenters from the Right were stunned that an admin official would propo...