Sorry ... that doesn’t sound like “hate speech” to me.
It was obnoxious. It was sacrilegious. It was tasteless and stupid. It was a solid reason never to watch John Stewart again (who watches him anyway?). But, speaking ill of the Pope, or Mary, or Christ Himself — while blasphemous — is not “hate speech”. Advocating feeding Christians to lions is “hate speech”.
It isn’t hate speech any more than me speaking out against Mohammed, or Mormons, or atheists, or whomever, is “hate speech”. People aren’t required to avoid sacrilege or blasphemy for religions they don’t adopt.
I won’t watch John Stewart. But, generally speaking, I don’t boycott. Kellogg’s didn’t take a shot at Christians. They advertised on a show. Whatever.
SnakeDoc
Advocating feeding Christians to lions isn’t hate speech....it’s advocating murder.
People who don’t take offense don’t generally see the difference between actions that are obnoxious and tasteless and those that cross the line into hate.