In the U.S. we are bombarded by incorrect and even foolish definitions and examples of something called “hate speech”. Certainly hateful speech exists, as I am about to demonstrate. Unfortunately too many Americans, lacking anything like a common sense litmus test, really don’t know what it is.
Here is an example of actual hate speech celebrating the cowardly murder of 13 American service men/women at Fort Hood in Texas that may serve to clarify the issue in the minds of some: