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"Hate Speech is speech that attacks, threatens, or insults a person or group on the basis of national origin, ethnicity, color, religion, gender, gender identity, sexual orientation, or disability". Our First Amendment protects our right to freedom of speech but "prohibiting hate speech can threaten freedom of speech, especially if such expression is defined too broadly and the link between the expression and the harm is not direct". Even though we have a right to speech, hate speech can be dangerous to not only the one saying the hate speech but mostly the one receiving. "Hate speech can pose a danger to the safety and security of individuals and groups, especially when it directly incites harmful action or entails a concrete threat".