`  Actually, no. There isn't a single place in the United States in which ``hate speech`` is illegal. And any attempts to create such laws have been soundly beaten down by the first court that they confronted. The California law that you meant regards a civil matter, not a crriminal matter. And while I do understand that this article refers to world-wide laws, I feel that it is important to point out that ``hate speech`` is only a hate crime in some of them.`