What's in a nickname? And is it hate speech to insult the Orange Pumpkin Cheeto Satan?

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Does calling someone by a nasty nickname constitute hate speech?

And what does that mean, anyway?

According to the never-wrong internet, hate speech is defined as:

Any form of communication that attacks, uses pejorative or discriminatory language, or incites hatred against a person or group based on their identity

Just to be clear…