USAG Pam Bondi making the rounds to say that Feds will target anyone who uses or promotes hate speech.
Of course, there is no definition of hate speech under federal law and no federal laws against hate speech, except when speech can be shown to directly incite criminal violence or when it consists of direct threats of violence against a group or a member of the group.
Hate speech is protected under 1A, and many MAGA influencers have built their whole careers on this.
https://www.ala.org/advocacy/intfreedom/hate
Alexander Karn
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