Should hate speech be protected by freedom of speech laws?

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Yes, I don't trust a government to define hate speech

I believe however that a social consensus must be made on discriminatory beliefs and that societies in general should see genuinely harmful beliefs as a threat and the proponents of such speech should be held accountable for their harmful beliefs.

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