I wouldn’t call it hate speech...it’s more, or less, just putting out a hypothesis...I think people get carried away with the words “hate speech” or “racist” so that they essentially lost their meaning...
It almost seems like those terms are used like “politically correct “ used to be used back in the 90s...just another form of censorship...it’s ok to disagree with something without having to call it hate speech or racist- that idea comes from the Leftist philosophy that that they are virtuous, therefore all who disagree are not...