Canadian Politics Today

The tactics of violence and intimidation have a tradition with these alt-right types and that's what I'm asking about.

Lots of left wing groups use violence and intimidation. There is no "tradition" that is exclusive to alt-right types.

Ok.  So if there's a women's march then the pro-life people can't attend ?  And a 'The Jews Are Evil' march should happen with police protection so they are not disrupted ?

That is what free speech means. Exceptions apply to incitement for violence (ironically, the 'jews are evil' march is most likely going to come from left wing pro-Palestinian groups today).

I used to be more sympathetic to notion that hateful speech that does not incite violence should be limited, however, it has become clear that any such limits will be used by people to censor legitimate political speech because too many people take that the attitude that people who they do not agree with are "evil" and any opinions they have are "hate speech" by definition.

  I'm ok with saying that far-left and far-right both present problems but they are assymmetric and you can't create an objective criteria to respond right now.

The asymmetry exists only because many people are willing for tolerate left wing hate speech more than they will tolerate right wing hate speech. There is no asymmetry in the substance of the speech or the tactics used by the speakers.