—but rather, based on whether a reasonable person aware of the context and circumstances would view the expression as exposing a protected group to enmity and extreme ill will. It needs to be objective.
Second, the term “hatred” is limited to extreme manifestations. These two words, “extreme” and “manifestations”, are both important and need to be added.
Third, the hate speech legislation, the court said, is not to target the content of ideas, as repugnant as one might think they are, but instead, the ways they're expressed and the effects they might have.
The goal is not to censor ideas or compel anyone to think “correctly”; it is to determine the likely effect of the expression on an audience.
Our amendments address all three of those prescriptions.