Hate and terrorism, one and the same?

To somehow claim that all incidences of hate speech are tied to potential acts of serious violence is inaccurate. I am not suggesting that we do nothing about hate speech, just that we take action that both respects our freedoms and challenges the combination of prejudice, 'alternative facts' and specious arguments made by the haters.
OTTAWA—Canada has been in the news a lot lately for things it is not normally associated with. Things like mass shootings, online hate and an overall atmosphere of intolerance. We here used to pride ourselves on openness, the embrace of difference and acceptance and like to highlight how we have b...

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