This all goes back to the European inability to have a balanced, open debate on controversial issues. “Hate speech” laws will always be used to curtail free speech rights - there is no avoiding it regardless of the otherwise good intentions of those who advocate “hate speech” bans.

The lack of a center in European politics and media is due to the suffocation of expression of conservative viewpoints. This will continue there.

but we will now see the same tested here - ironic that Tom Hanks can declare Mormons unpatriotic for supporting prop 8 in California after the same contingent has screamed “don’t question my patriotism” for 7 years. This contingent now has total power and will use it, in part, to suppress conservative viewpoints much like Europe.

Sadly, the result will not be a moderate, informed society - Europe has already demonstrated that “hate speech” laws simply engender extremism and tear at the social fabric that free expression creates.