We cannot condone people who use violent rhetoric and the dehumanization of public servants to create an environment that both legitimates hatred and tempts unstable personalities to engage in violent acts.
And the more odious the crime, the more ideal the culprit, the more legitimate your hatred.
It is obvious that women around the world are viewed as vulnerable and as legitimate targets for hatred and the exercise of power.
Apparently, expressing anti-Muslim hatred is legitimate, but characterizing such sentiments negatively, using words like "bias," is just elitist, or an example of unwarranted "high dudgeon".
When will we begin to distinguish between hatred of Israel and legitimate criticism of Israeli policies that deny Palestinians their rights, enforce the occupation, and encourage Jewish settlements and the separation wall?
Gaylin writes: "A legitimate cause rarely generates the kind of hatred that sacrifices the innocent".
The oldest hatred, this time cloaked as legitimate concern for Gaza, has once again cast its ominous shadow across Europe.
Even Rwanda, a country that because of its history has an entirely legitimate desire to curtail speech that incites hatred, has broadly defined laws that are inhibiting independent journalists from critically covering sensitive topics.
Although its Latin root religio means "to bind," it has served as a legitimate power in binding people's shared hatred.
While the letter acknowledges that the reporting surrounding Hollywood mogul Harvey Weinstein served as a "legitimate wake-up call," it decried "a hatred of men and sexuality," according to CNN.
There is a legitimate debate about how to define hate speech and incitement to hatred in a legal context.
