should so called "hate speech" be a felony? (state, voted)

[Nodpete]

No !!! And there's no such thing as a "Hate crime", who the heck ever commits a "Love crime" ?

[pch1013]

Originally Posted by FKD19124

Exactly! this is what liberals do not get.

This liberal voted no.

Try another strawman. The one you're now using is rotting from your bitter, bitter tears.

[pch1013]

Out of curiosity, how many of you people who accuse liberals of wanting to ban "hate speech" think we should ban Islam because of what some imams preach?

[FKD19124]

strawman my ass. I see a constitutional challenge coming from some idiot.

Originally Posted by pch1013

This liberal voted no.

Try another strawman. The one you have is rotting from your bitter, bitter tears.

[pch1013]

Originally Posted by FKD19124

strawman my ass. I see a constitutional challenge coming from some idiot.

Any such challenge would fail on First Amendment grounds.

So what's your point?

And how do you square your supposed First Amendment absolutism with your belief, as expressed in another thread, that it should be illegal for anyone to say "I am gay"?

[BigDGeek]

Originally Posted by FKD19124

In light of recent events of using the "N" word, should so called "hate speech" and I say so called because I think the term "hate speech" is just stupid. Should "hate speech" be a felony? Should anyone who utters a so called "hate" word be prosecuted and do jail time?

No.

Otherwise our First Amendment means nothing.

[weltschmerz]

Apparently, there is a great deal of misunderstanding and confusion as to what hate speech really is. Calling someone a name isn't hate speech.

[pch1013]

And no one wants to throw Paula Deen in jail over what she said. (Now her disgusting recipes, on the other hand...)

[gtc08]

Originally Posted by weltschmerz

Apparently, there is a great deal of misunderstanding and confusion as to what hate speech really is. Calling someone a name isn't hate speech.

what is hate speech?

[MOS0311]

Originally Posted by FKD19124

It was on a talk show this morning while I was driving in. Someone suggested, that in the near future, groups will try to make so called "hate speech" a prosecutable crime. I think in some countries, like Sweden, if a minister gets up in the pulpit and preaches that homosexuality is wrong, he can be prosecuted. I do see groups trying to bring this here

So in other words, this was never a liberal vs conservative issue on the radio, yet you just decided to assign political roles for people you don't know....how very intelligent.