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5-27-2009 11:02 PM
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blueridge says:
"Hate crime" laws are "thought crime" laws, constitute "double jeopardy" (being tried twice for same crime), and violate the 1st and 14th (and also not mentioned, 10th) amendments of the Constitution, this scholar asserts. He also takes the ACLU to task since they ought to know better, and should lead the opposition.

The ADL (hypocrites who defame many) is behind "hate crimes" legislation, and is the powerful, private, special interest, propaganda agency to federal and local law enforcement (including FBI) and media, who are the sole self-appointed definers of public orthodoxy and what constitutes "hate" or "hate groups", even "terrorism" watch lists!

"Hate Crimes" laws could become the basis of a New American Inquisition, where a certain "orthodoxy" of thought, speech, religious or philosophical beliefs is upheld and requires punishment of all to the contrary.

Think about the danger of this! What about "liberty of conscience" and freedom of speech?
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5-28-2009 1:11 PM
cduck19802002
So what's the solution? Allow exciting hate speech to continue unabated?
5-28-2009 5:45 PM
blueridge
"Hate" is in the eye of the beholder ("subjective" the scholar noted among law enforcement) and there is no such thing as a "love crime". Either we have a first amendment, or we do not. People need to "deal with it" through public debate, making their own argument, free speech being granted to them too.

All opposition to something, someone, or some group is not necessarily "hate" (or their could be no public debate, nor morals, civil conduct, or laws to regulate society), but it is becoming popularly employed and abused as an irrational and condemnatory charge (from an involved party) to silence opposition and charge them with evil. Criminals, otherwis...
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