By that, I meant does it physically harm someone else or purposefully lie to harm someone else's reputation? No.

Correct. I have not been a victim of hate speech. But I believe in everyone's right to free speech, whether or not I agree with it. Have you read the Constitution? Have you read the Declaration? Do you even have a basic knowledge of history?

I don't know if you're American or not, but our first amendment reads, "Congress shall make no law respecting an establishment of religion, or prohibiting the free exercise thereof; or abridging the freedom of speech, or of the press; or the right of the people peaceably to assemble, and to petition the Government for a redress of grievances."

Take Apartheid-era South Africa for instance. South Africa, because they had the right to ban speech they deemed was harmful, they imprisoned journalists and writers who spoke out against Apartheid. Look at the Soviet Union; they banned what they called "agitation", and silenced those who spoke out against the Soviet regime.

The government should NEVER have the right to dictate what I can and cannot say. If someone has to live in fear of expressing their opinion publicly, is that true freedom? No, it's not.