I too used to come here quite often but I find it a less and less pleasant place of late. There is a coterie or right wing nutters and pompous , self important so called lefties, who seem incapable of reasoned discussion. As I said once before, they are all adept at sawing sawdust. I tend to scroll down threads and if I see certain names, I tend to skip it.
As for "hate" speech..I disagree that calling Eva Peron a whore is hate speech...but it is certainly offensive.