One thing that I often get mad heat for is for my deletion of comments that I deem to be hate speech. More often than not, because of the extensive coverage VivirLatino gives to the issue of immigration, the word “illegal” is the top offender (“go back where you came from” is a close second). I have been called against free speech and have had people attempt to use my personal life against me because of my decisions when it comes to deleting hateful comments. Just like the earlier campaign against racial profiling, yesterday’s launch of the Drop the I Word campaign by Colorlines and the Applied Research Center, aims to connect the dots between hate speech and hate actions.