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[ The Harm in Hate Speech • By Jeremy Waldron • Harvard University Press, 2012 • vi + 292 pages] In many countries, though not in the United States, laws prohibit “hate speech.” Those who, in Jeremy Waldron’s opinion, uncritically elevate the benefits of free speech over competing values oppose hate-speech laws; but Waldron thinks that a strong