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86. Sorry, "hate speech" is real and has been defined.

Let's not dismiss it in such a cavalier fashion. Please. And especially when it can have singularly catastrophic impacts on American living and working outside the United States, where different standards apply.

See the International Covenant on Civil and Political Rights for the international view. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/International_Covenant_on_Civil_and_Political_Rights

The ICCPR states that "hate speech" is "any advocacy of national, racial or religious hatred that constitutes incitement to discrimination, hostility or violence" and that it "shall be prohibited by law".

While the US has significant reservations about what should be prohibited by law, citing constitutional freedom of speech concerns, its own National Telecommunications and Information Association (NTIA&quot gave one of the first government definitions of "hate speech" in the 1990s.

According to NTIA hate speech is:

Speech that advocates or encourages violent acts or crimes of hate.
Speech that creates a climate of hate or prejudice, which may in turn foster the commission of hate crimes.

There is a more recent effort by the National Hispanic Media Coalition (NHMC) which is gaining ground, albeit slowly, after producing a groundbreaking study of hate speech on commercial radio.

“Hate Speech on Commercial Radio” categorized hate speech in four different areas.

False facts
Flawed argumentation
Divisive language
Dehumanizing metaphors

In May 2010, NHMC filed comments in the FCC’s proceeding on the Future of Media and Information Needs of Communities in the Digital Age.[72] Joined by 32 national and regional organizations from throughout the country, the comments ask the FCC to examine hate speech in media. In its comments, NHMC reinforces the need for the FCC to act on NHMC’s petition for inquiry on hate speech in media filed in January 2009.

See http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hate_speech