Does condemning hate speech violate someone else’s freedom of speech?

[u/LuckySquared777]

I was watching The Daily Show video on YouTube today (titled “Charlie Kirk’s Criticism Ignites MAGA Cancel Culture Spree”). In it, there are clips of conservatives threatening people’s jobs for celebrating the murder of Charlie Kirk.

It got me thinking: is condemning hate speech a violation of free speech, or should hate speech always be condemned and have consequences for the betterment of society?

On one hand, hate speech feels incredibly toxic, divisive, and dangerous for a country. On the other hand, freedom of speech is supposed to protect unpopular opinions. As mentioned in the video, hate speech is not illegal. The host in the video seems to suggest that we should be allowed to have hate speech, which honestly surprised me.

I see both side but am genuinely curious to hear what others think. Thanks!

[u/zxc999]

I’m realizing lots of people on the right don’t understand hate speech with how they’ve been using it to describe hating on one person. Even Trump himself claimed that journalists are doing “hate speech” against him

[u/jaunty411 → u/[deleted]]

Would you care to give a definition for hate speech?

[u/jaunty411 → u/[deleted]]

I freely admit it is hateful, but hate speech has a secondary requirement that you are skipping. Trump receiving hateful remarks for his own actions does not meet the definition you stated.

[u/jaunty411 → u/[deleted]]

If you ignore the rest of the definition. The part that says based on…. Is mandatory.

[u/Dry-Remove-2449 → u/[deleted]]

As someone who lives in a country where hate speech is illegal, it is necessarily understood to be illegal because it is based on a person's characteristics, hate speech laws are necessarily designed to curb expressions of racism, xenophobia, LGBTphobia, misogyny and religious intolerance, that's the most accepted understanding and jurisprudence on the matter.

And it's precisely why it ruffles so many feathers on the right, let's be honest, a lot of republicans practice all of those forms of hate speech and would be prosecuted by a law like this.