Hate-speech laws help only the powerful | spiked

Laws against speech which are advanced under the guise of defending the weak are actually designed to protect the dominant elite. Laws against harassment, threats of violence, incitement to commit crime, and so forth, are all already on the statute. They protect all people equally. Hate crimes are different. They are crimes against public morality, as defined by lawmakers. The offences are crafted not to protect ‘marginalised groups’ but to demonstrate the virtue of the ruling class and to demonstrate its power. They use minorities as shields to protect their own interests.