doing these things to other people so it must be okay to treat others in the same way. There are many reasons to defend the freedom of speech, but because of hate speech the government is continually looking for ways to limit what can and can’t be said. Ever since the case Brown v The Board of Education the rights of people have increased. This case made sure that everybody had the right to an equal education. This case even gave rights to the handicapped children of the United States of America. This case continues to be a landmark case even for defending the first amendment.How long has hate speech been around? I was thinking back to the bible and started to wonder about the religious wars. These wars were started because they believed in different entities. And the treatment of women in those days and even still today in some countries would be considered hate speech or in some cases hate crimes. So if we look at hate speech from that point of view hate speech has been part of our heritage. Over the centuries most of the people have been able to see the light and turn the other cheek, but the few that have not been able to do this will forever be left in the dark, they will never understand the true meaning of happiness.I was searching the internet for information on hate speech and I ran across a story of a man who was very high up in the ranks of the Arian nation he was a true believer in everything that they stood for, until his wife gave birth to a baby boy. His little boy had a birth defect; his palate in his mouth was missing according to the rules and regulations of the Arian nation his son was to be erased from society. This type of action that would be taken to his son finally showed him that his beliefs were wrong. He left the Arian nation ranks and joined the fight against hate speech and hate crimes.After reading this story it confirmed my belief that people who believe in these types of acts against ...
