A good response. I certainly don’t want to shut down any speech — but that doesn’t mean I have to accept as appropriate any speech that’s downright awful. Maybe that’s approaching speech police — and I don’t want to be the speech police — but I don’t think it is.
I don’t think I said “hate crimes,” though, as I, um, hate the term. Crimes are crimes. Speech is and should be protected. But just because folks can say something doesn’t necessarily mean that they should .
Lots here to consider and discuss.