[js8]

But then, why should hate speech be a separate category?

Why not treat it as a threat under criminal code, and prosecute it as such? (That's what I think should be done.) What do you gain by censoring "hate speech"?

[krapp]

>Why not treat it as a threat under criminal code, and prosecute it as such? (That's what I think should be done.)

But that would also be censorship...

[js8]

No. The judge would decide whether it is a threat or not, and the punishment would correspond to that. If it's not a threat, then what is the problem? (See my other comment in this discussion.)

[krapp]

It's still censorship if the state does it, arguably it's more censorship if the state does it. It's even censorship when it serves the public good.