The California hate speech bill creates a dangerous mechanism for the state to suppress offensive content and dictate acceptable discourse.

“I just don't like that mechanism existing, obviously. But I could see how a system in power can find this to be a good mechanism for maintaining power and influence or at least influence over speech.”

California's proposed hate speech bill is a slippery slope toward government-enforced censorship that lacks clear definitions and threatens free speech.

“The problem is that there is no definition of hate speech. That's not a category that exists. It's just whatever the people in power say it is.”