Letter: True civility and kindness

In his letter here on Aug. 22, Phillip C. Smith attempts to protect free speech. He referred to a Salt Lake City School District yearbook which included the statement, “There are two genders and a lot of mental illness,” and how an administrator took umbrage from it.Mr. Smith lays out a case against using the term “hate speech,” yet he states the administrator’s criticism is hate speech. He states hate speech is name-calling. He overlooks how people using the term h