We have hate laws to deal with hate speech. Undermining free speech, on the other hand, is an affront to democracy itself. If objectionable speech doesn't meet the standard established to violate hate laws it must be permitted, as has to be the case in a free and open society. The reality is that the Western standard for free speech in large measure derives from the establishment of a right to criticize religion. This is the heritage bestowed by the Reformation and the Enlightenment.