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Libertarian Communes wrote:

Hate speech may be a form of political freedom, but it certainly isn't a civil right. If all they were doing was SAYING racist things then I wouldn't have a problem, but we all know nazis are interested in more than expressing their opinion. I banned nazi rallies in order to protect the community from hate crimes, not necessarily to censor their stupid beliefs

In general I am somewhat skeptical of appeals to "freedom of speech", myself, since in practice these appeals seem to almost always come from, or on behalf of, extreme reactionaries and hate groups (i.e. the KKK, that Quran burning reverend a few years ago, etc).

Speech which actually challenges the status quo from a revolutionary or even just moderately progressive direction tends to be crushed by the state as a matter of course, without any debate or ritualized hand-wringing about "free speech" from the liberal chattering classes.

It seems obvious that at the end of the day the state is happy to oblige the former. Hence why real neo-Nazi rallies often have police escorts, while anti-authoritarian rallies are met by those same police with tear gas and truncheons.