Wandering Along the Path: Right Speech

Right speech doesn't mean a dialectic of right versus wrong.  It means speech that intends no harm or hurt to others.  So these rallies and marches where there are sides that oppose each other are catastrophic, because no one is listening, they're just screaming at each other.  And because the intention is clearly to incite violence and thereby increase coverage of these events, harm is the intention.  I'm not sure why hate speech is protected, but if it is because defining hate is in the ear of the the beholder, then I see the problem.  In the south, the federal government finally decided spitting on and throwing things at school children trying to integrate white schools was unlawful.  Non-violent confrontation worked in that era.  Now the marches are blurred by differing accounts and the few violent actors who have no real beliefs but feel like slugging it out.  Who is to sort this out?  Not our current president, who admires the violent actors.  He see them as his fans, his fan base.  He wants to be the center of attention, end of story.  He doesn't care what the story is, or if it is true, just "look at me"  again and again.  Congress is uncomfortable, but not enough to be brave and protect our country from a hate fest.  Speak up, but not by violence, but by pushing and prodding your elected officials into taking a stance against hate.  It's not Christian, it's not spiritual, it's bile from the worst of ourselves, and we can do better for ourselves and our children.