You've made a case for a law against incitement to genocide. You haven't made a compelling case for a law against incitement to hatred or any other emotion, belief or thought.
I'm afraid any argument for a law against incitement to believe something or feel an emotion is simply an excuse to pass a law to avoid being offended. Even if that's not the stated intention behind such laws it certainly has the effect of undermining the entire concept of free speech. What does it mean that you can't incite to hatred? I can't say group A has undesirable trait X because now i've incited you to hate group A? How about if i say "religious people are stupid and wicked"? Does that make me a criminal under your incite to hatred law?
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You've made a case for a law against incitement to genocide. You haven't made a compelling case for a law against incitement to hatred or any other emotion, belief or thought. I'm afraid any argument for a law against incitement to believe something or feel an emotion is simply an excuse to pass a law to avoid being offended. Even if that's not the stated intention behind such laws it certainly has the effect of undermining the entire concept of free speech. What does it mean that you can't incite to hatred? I can't say group A has undesirable trait X because now i've incited you to hate group A? How about if i say "religious people are stupid and wicked"? Does that make me a criminal under your incite to hatred law?