For years the radical right has been pushing the limits of acceptable language. Now, as the One Nation leader proves, hateful, demonstrably wrong things can be said without qualification

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There is hate speech and then there is hate speech. It depends a lot on who does the speaking.

Chanting “from the river to the sea” with a crowd could lead to criminal charges in Queensland, while down the road Pauline Hanson can say there are “no good Muslims” and be rewarded with headlines, airtime and rising support.