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Isn't there a quote somewhere that says "Free speech is meant to protect unpopular speech. Popular speech, by definition, needs no protection"? "I disapprove of what you say, but I will defend to the death your right to say it"?

If you are not for the free speech of people you disagree with, then you are simply just not for free speech.

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Calls to violence are not protected speech.

Nazis and the KKK, while they might not quite make calls to violence, know how to word-smith the hatred and grow it, like a verbal "I'm not touching you" kind of thing. They'll make ambiguous statements like claiming they need to deal with the $SLUR problem in the neighborhood.

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