The phrase "men are trash" has taken on a more political role since 2017, in the wake of the global #MeToo movement. As women mourned collectively, it became a show of solidarity, a means of expressing shared frustrations and anger. Now, "men are trash" is clearly a generalisation. You might argue that it is a lazy and reductive catch-all term for the complex power imbalances between men and women. But is it hate speech?