"Most of us are firmly opposed to hate speech."
Wrong off the top.
Most of us are Disgusted that the concept even exists.
Exactly! To designate a term, regardless of contest as "hate speech" is dumbassed Liberal BS from the git-go, intended not to encourage civil conversation, but to stifle the exchange of ideas, and even the expression of thought.
Bad enough that 'political correctness' had hobbled conversation with flowery phrases to frustrate pointing out the often obvious, but designating a motive in the expression of ideas without knowing the intent of the person saying it is nonsense and amounts to prejudicial censorship.