I'm snowed under at work today, and can't respond as fully as I'd like to, but when you say:
If you're going to go "above and beyond", you should take extra care. Secial punishments, should you decide they exist, should not only be accurate, but very precise.
I completely agree, which is the reason the expression "hate speech" is a specific term, with specific implications - certainly in the UK, where you can be prosecuted for it. (The actual offences are called incitement to racial hatred etc, dependent upon the group being protected, but hate speech is used as the umbrella term).
I've got busy days ahead with a house move, so I'm afraid I won't be free to respond much in the near future. I'll come back to this if we're still debating it when I surface again.
Could there be any greater conceit, than for someone to believe that the universe has to be simple enough for them to be able to understand it ?