Being critical of MENA migration is not hateful speech.

Hateful speech is stating: you are from a MENA region therefore you are x negative trait.

Being critical of migration is just being critical of migration, which is allowed. His defence ("suicidal empathy" etc;) comes from the situation in the UK where people are being arrested en-masse for "hate speech" for referencing acts of terror[0].

You can dislike what he says, but hateful carries a more specific meaning (to me, at least).

[0]: https://nypost.com/2025/08/19/world-news/uk-free-speech-stru...