HATE SPEECH: THE THREAT TO CIVIL UNITY OR METHOD OF SOCIETY CONSOLIDATION?
The hate speech as one of the forms of communicative aggression is actively used in public space. It becomes the norm of everyday communication. Its use can be justified by the need to consolidate the society. However, this method entails a number of communicative dysfunctions and negative social consequences which are a threat to civil unity.It is necessary to limit the hate speech in public space, but normativity constraints and prohibitions alone are not enough. It is needful to identify and eliminate the causes and conditions that give rise to the popularity of hate speech. We must appeal to other ways of consolidation, to unite on the basis of common positive values.