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United States[edit]
Main article: Hate speech in the United States

The United States does not have hate speech laws, since American courts have repeatedly ruled that laws criminalizing hate speech violate the guarantee to freedom of speech contained in the First Amendment to the U.S. Constitution. There are several categories of speech that are not protected by the First Amendment, such as speech that calls for imminent violence upon a person or group. The United States Supreme Court ruled that fight words were not protected by the constitution after the court hearing Chaplinsky v. State of New Hampshire, 315 U.S. 568 (1942). The result of this hearing wad the fighting words doctrine. What makes hate speech different from fighting words is intent of causing harm to another. They are meant to provoke other parties. While hate speech and fight words are similar, they differ in that hate speech is expression where fight words serve to create conflict. However, the U.S. Supreme Court has ruled that hate speech is not one of these categories.[not in citation given] Court rulings often must be reexamined to ensure the U.S. Constitution is being upheld in the ruling on whether or not the words count as a violation.

Proponents of hate speech legislation in the United States have argued that freedom of speech undermines the 14th Amendment by bolstering an oppressive narrative which demeans equality and the Reconstructive Amendment's purpose of guaranteeing equal protection under the law.

Edit: The United States Supreme Court ruled that fight words were not protected by the constitution after the court hearing Chaplinsky v. State of New Hampshire, 315 U.S. 568 (1942). The result of this hearing wad the fighting words doctrine. What makes hate speech different from fighting words is intent of causing harm to another. They are meant to provoke other parties. While hate speech and fight words are similar, they differ in that hate speech is expression where fight words serve to create conflict.

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