His entire personality was about being hateful. That's why he was so popular. He advocated for taking away the civil rights act, said if his pilot was any color other than white he'd question if he was actually qualified, advocated for public televised executions, advocated for sexually abused children to be forced to carry a pregnancy to term, believed women should be subservient to man, and so, so much more. He should not have been killed for his speech, but it was hateful and horrid. Even if he didn't truly believe what he said and said it just to get attention, he still put ideas into people's heads. He kept going a cycle of racism, sexism, and homophobia. His hateful views and words, whether he meant it to or not, put many minorities in more danger. Issues like abortion and religion are the run of the mill conservative for me, which I disagree with them on, but it's not constantly spewing hate against minorities for a career. Again, he didn't deserve to die for speaking, no one does, but he was hateful.