When the State Speaks, What Should It Say?: How Democracies Can Protect Expression and Promote Equality - Paperbackby Corey Brettschneider (Author) How should a liberal democracy respond to hate groups and others that oppose the ideal of free and equal citizenship? The democratic state faces the hard choice of either protecting the rights of hate groups and allowing their views to spread, or banning their views and violating citizens' rights to freedoms of expression, association, and religion. Avoiding the familiar yet problematic responses to these issues,