“Hate crimes” laws are a sneaky go-around for censorship. Such a law is up for consideration, again, in the South Carolina State Senate with the 2025 version of the “Clementa C. Pinckney Hate Crimes Act” (LegiScan S247 and SC Senate 2025 S247 text). It is the product of communities demanding a form of lasting retribution for the horrific 2015 […]