The idea that “Hate Speech” is not free speech and thus can be made illegal and criminally punished. While this is consistent with the European Convention on Human Rights, it runs afoul of America’s Bill of Rights. For an American, government is the greatest threat to freedom, and must be constrained lest the people be yoked instead. Conservatives understand this and the broader “Right” ought to have, but the thirst for “fighting like the Left” has brought a newfound appreciation for prosecuting people over speech, or at least normalizing the same.
Take, for example, Gov. Abbott (R – TX):
This is what happened to the person who was mocking Charlie Kirk’s assassination at Texas Tech.
FAFO https://t.co/eaFMdWKsIS pic.twitter.com/q6z0X2tLLQ
— Greg Abbott (@GregAbbott_TX) September 15, 2025
UPDATE: Texas Tech student that mocked Charlie Kirk's assassination has reached the 'FO' stage of FAFO.
She was just EXPELLED.pic.twitter.com/KeqrCp6A8S
— Kyle Becker (@kylenabecker) September 14, 2025
This person wasn’t arrested for mocking anyone, but for assault. Why are so many accounts, from Gov. Abbot to this one trying to normalize the idea that it’s OK to arrest people for mockery? Why is Abbot trying to normalize the idea that it’s not just OK, but actually awesome that we arrest people for mockery? Is this a Freudian slip? Trolling? A desire to keep the political temperature up?
For far too many, the answer it that they really do want to censor mockery, which runs afoul of the 1st Amendment.
This person is intentionally conflating assault with mockery. It’s as if some people want to make it easier to treat speech as violence. Others are outright saying that hate speech is not free speech and that they will go after you for hate speech if you dare utter it. This might sound like some fringe crank on the Right… but it is the Attorney General of the United States.
Attorney General Pam Bondi: "There's free speech and then there's hate speech, and there is no place, especially now, especially after what happened to Charlie, in our society…We will absolutely target you, go after you, if you are targeting anyone with hate speech." pic.twitter.com/Bqj6TQOGwP
— The Bulwark (@BulwarkOnline) September 16, 2025
What she is proposing is Unconstitutional. It is a direct assault on the 1st Amendment. Rather than fighting the Left, the Right is ultimately furthering their goals and removing the bastion which stops the Left—and any other freedom hating tyrant—from stifling dissent and controlling the narrative.
Worse yet, the desire to go after political enemies using “hate speech” as an excuse is also being expressed by the President of the United States:
President Trump suggested today that media outlets are engaging in “hate speech” by being “unfair” to him and “maybe” should be prosecuted.
Trump’s statement demonstrates the inherent danger of “hate speech” laws: Those in power will always weaponize them to silence dissent. pic.twitter.com/Zs6OV05aXs
— FIRE (@TheFIREorg) September 16, 2025
Reporter: What do you make of Bondi saying she is going after hate speech, a lot of allies say hate speech is free speech.
Trump: Probably go after people like you, you treat me unfairly, you have hate in your heart. ABC paid me $16 million for a form of hate speech, your… pic.twitter.com/MCMDjhQoMh
— Acyn (@Acyn) September 16, 2025
There has been some backpedaling due to overwhelming shock and disgust over the idea of the Federal government throttling mockery, but the damage is done and the suspicions will always remain.
Some of this is just political theater and virtue signaling fueled by legitimate outrage; some of this is the desire to curtail inalienable rights so that government can engage in a fundamental—and “righteous”—transformation of America. Either which way, only the American people can stop this by demanding it be stopped.
