Akenaten, are you determined to wring an insult that is not there out of my post?

You personally are not, in my experience, hateful or trollish. I believe, and I have stated frequently and strongly, that people who object to ss marriage - which this thread is not about - are wrong, are imposing their religious views on others, are failing to understand innate human behaviour, are failing to be kind, are failing to learn, are failing to be good observers, are categorizing unfairly, etc. I have not said they were expressing hate unless they were doing just that.

There is hateful speech, about various defineable groups of humans. It spans from namecalling or snide remarks to blatant lies and out and out expression of violent thoughts. Sometimes it shows up on Mudcat. This discussion is about what we should/could do about it. If you are not saying hateful things, you have nothing to be bothered about. If I think something you have said is hateful, be assured I will let you know.

What is your own definition of hateful speech/writing?