Hate crime legislation gives us, as a society, a way of drawing a line against hate without violating anyone's right to free speech--even hate speech.
The American electorate is starting to look like a polar bear on a shrinking ice floe--still powerful, but with democracy melting out from under our feet.
Don Imus's firing won't change much. But restoring the fairness doctrine could return us to some semblance of reality-based journalism.
When will we see gay hating for what it is?
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