... we may risk the danger to allow governments to censor any speech that expresses ideas different from their. Nevertheless, if we do not limit freedom of speech some inflammatory speech which expresses hatred towards certain group of people might exist and leads to social disharmony. In this essay, I will argue that the above dilemma is in fact faulty and freedom of speech should be limited for some speech, like racists expressing hatred towards certain communities. A society can still be healthy, tolerant and civilized, even if there is limitation of free speech. Further, to limit freedom of speech does not necessary mean that the government can use it as an excuse to censor opposing ideas. This essay will be divided into four sections. In the first section, the issue about toleration and freedom of speech is discussed. In the second section, the idea of hate speech will be defined. ...

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