Right-wingers often throw around the term "free speech" as a cloak to justify attacking or disparaging others. What they don't seem to understand is that there is a huge difference between free speech and hate speech. Hate speech should have no place on any campus, or anywhere in this country. It divides communities along religious, cultural, racial and political lines. This is not healthy for our country or our youth. It is possible to show respect while criticising someone at the same time. And why is it that the most inflammatory people in this country are the only ones complaining that their "free speech" is being violated?

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