Combating Hate: A Framework for Direct Action

by Billie Murray

The United States has a hate problem. In recent years, hate speech has led not only to deep division in our politics but also to violence, murder, and even insurrection. And yet established constitutional jurisprudence holds that all speech is protected as "content neutral" and that the proper democratic response to hateful expression is not regulation but "more speech." So how can ordinary citizens stand up to hate groups when the state will not?

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• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0271092793
• ISBN13: 9780271092799
• Release Date: May 2022
• Publisher: Penn State University Press
• Length: 196 Pages
• Weight: 1.02 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.6" x 6.0" x 9.0"