Why would the targets of hate speech be in subreddits dedicated to that hate speech?
I am 100% certain that I could go to the comments of any top post on pics, videos, funny, games and probably a dozen other default subs and find some hate speech with a positive score.
Remove the subreddits that these people call home, and they automatically feel less welcomed on the site.
You're saying you could go look for hate speech and find it. That doesn't seem all that troubling to me. Don't go look for it, and you will find it much less frequently.
I'm saying that it is everywhere. Not "I could find some hatred in some submissions", but "I could find hatred in any submission".
> I would like reddit to be a place for completely free, uncensored expression.
By saying:
> This is nice in theory, but it basically requires defending the rights of hate groups to silence those they hate.
Allowing the hate groups a home on reddit makes them feel comfortable. Deleting the hate group subreddits reduces their ability to silence others. It sends a message to both the haters and their targets that the hate is not welcome.
If it's a choice between censoring a bunch of evil bigots, and letting their uncensored speech censor the people they hate, I will pick censoring the bigots every time.