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Adriano Espaillat: “The day that hate speech becomes acceptable, freedom of speech ends because that is a danger to all of us.”

On the recordJanuary 28, 2020
The day that hate speech becomes acceptable, freedom of speech ends because that is a danger to all of us.
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Adriano Espaillat
Democratic · New York

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Warns that accepting hate speech undermines freedom of speech.

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