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'''Hate speech''' is provocative speech used to denigrate a legally protected class or group of citizens defined by legislation.  These protected groups can include gender, race, ethnicity, religious affiliation, sexual orientation, disability, and sometimes age.  While language to protect other victim classes has been proposed, the Democratically controlled [[110th Congress]] has rejected protections against the military, pregnant and battered women, or the homeless. Under some legal codes, hate speech can be considered a [[hate crime]].

'''Hate speech''' is provocative speech used to denigrate a legally protected class or group of citizens defined by legislation.  These protected groups can include gender, race, ethnicity, religious affiliation, sexual orientation, disability, and sometimes age.  While language to protect other victim classes has been proposed, the Democratically controlled [[110th Congress]] has rejected protections against the military, pregnant and battered women, or the homeless. Under some legal codes, hate speech can be considered a [[hate crime]].

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