People can't call her a "cunt," and yet she can say that Jews need to be perfected; that Muslims should take flying carpets instead of planes; that the 9/11 widows are celebrating their husbands' deaths; that John Edwards (a married father of two) is a "faggot." Yeah, calling her a "cunt" is so hateful.
Calling women "cunts" is sexist and just wrong ("bitch" is a derogatory word for women, just like "faggot", "nigger", etc). All those words are so ugly. YUCK!
Fighting hate speech with hate speech makes zero sense.
When Anne calls people "faggots" in a hateful way (not a playful one, even though I don't like the word), then she's crossed the line. She does, though, have a right to say that word, but I don't have a problem with her being called out on it (she should be, as a matter of fact).
And, finally, who here has never used hate speech? Most people do every hour of the day. Some liberal folks call nuns who help the poor horrible names for a variety of reasons. That's hate speech, but perfectly legal.
To me, hate speech can't become a legal issue until it threatens (example: I'm going to [seriously] burn down Indian reservations).
Hating is never the answer in a civilized world. If you disagree with someone, you don't need to call them hateful names - ever!
Peace and love to all:smile: