Pastor and Project H.O.O.D. founder Corey Brooks says he won’t let the left’s ‘hate speech’ ruse keep him from speaking the truth about the issues affecting his community on the Southside of Chicago.

Kamala Harris’ pick for vice president, Tim Walz, has repeated the claim during the campaign that "there’s no guarantee to free speech." The aspect that he targets is "hate speech." However, the Supreme Court has stated that our constitution’s first amendment protects even hate speech. One may argue that one should not have the right to call a gay man or a black man a derogatory name, but that is not the point here. The First Amendment protects the views and opinions that our government may label as "hateful." I’m thankful for that, for I would not be where I am today without free speech.

When I first moved to Chicago from Indiana over 20 years ago, I kept my mouth shut. Liberal politics held sway over the Black community and one did not swim against the current. I saw many things I did not like, mainly the continual reinforcement of Black dependency on the government. I saw failures in education and the job market that did not have to happen. I saw teens mapping their families around government policies. I saw far too much........

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