Yes it is. The U.S. Supreme Court has repeatedly ruled that hate speech is legally protected free speech under the First Amendment. The most recent Supreme Court case on the issue was in 2017, when the justices unanimously reaffirmed that there is effectively no "hate speech" exception to the free speech rights protected by the First Amendment. [1]
> Say unimaginably hateful shit, see how fast it takes to get punched in the mouth. Simple as that.
This is incredibly dangerous and short-sighted. I can tell you've likely never been in a fight, or very, very few.
People who think this way need to be very fucking careful with their rhetoric here, because while they think they might be the Billy Badass who'll set the world 'right', there's a lot of other Billy Badasses out there who might just jerk a knot in their ass, either temporarily or permanently.
You might want to take a more reasonable approach and figure out why someone feels the way they feel first.
[1]: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hate_speech_in_the_United_Stat...
