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Watch out for 'hate speech' legislation: ; Government is not supposed to control speech

RIGHTS that are not understood or valued can be too easily taken away. That's why the results of a poll by Rasmussen Reports are troubling.

Rasmussen's survey found one in four Americans (28 percent) believes it would be a good idea to ban hate speech. Rasmussen loosely defined hate speech as "comments intended to put down or incite violence against people on the basis of race, religion, gender, sexual orientation and other legally protected categories."

In fairness, Rasmussen's definition of hate speech makes the question a little tricky to answer.

Simple hate speech is clearly protected, but speech that incites violence is a different matter.

U.S. Supreme Court Justice Oliver Wendell ...

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