Hate Speech Should Be Banned

According to National Criminal Justice Reference Sample, “An estimated 293,800 violent and property hate crime victimizations occurred in 2012 against persons age 12 or older residing in U.S. households.” The first initial response to any threatening action is violence, but it takes an intelligent human being to respond with reasoning which in my opinion is the best option. Hate speech comes from a lack of intelligence or when it regards race, arrogance. In certain cases, when dealing with it, some people do not react because of their mood at that time or the context and who the person is. By using rule consequentialism, our society as a whole would improve if the government would make hate speech illegal. All types of hate speech would