In Speaking Hatefully, David Boromisza-Habashi focuses on the use of the term &“hate speech&” as a window on the cultural logic of political and moral struggle in public deliberation. This empirical study of gy&_l&öletbesz&éd, or &"hate speech,&" in Hungary documents competing meanings of the term, the interpretive strategies used to generate those competing meanings, and the parallel moral systems that inspire political actors to question their opponents&’ interpretations. In contrast to most existing treatments of the subject, Boromisza-Habashi&’s argument does not rely on pre-existing definitions of &"hate speech.&" Instead, he uses a combination of ethnographic and discourse analytic methods to map existing meanings and provide insight into the sociocultural life of those meanings in a troubled political environment.