CONGRESS shall make no law respecting the establishment of religion or the free exercise there of, or abridging the freedom of speech…
So where is CONGRESS at Yale, Berkeley or any college that says not in my front yard?
This screeching about FREE SPEECH is nothing more than a companion propaganda game the Republican have added to their overwhelming success with political correctness to paint Democrats and Liberals as intolerant Nazis.
Hello Class. Your lesson for today is to take this list of traits and policies of Nazi Germany and compare and contrast them to either conservatives or liberals.
White
Nationalism
Militarism
Pre-emptive War
Flag waving
My Country Right or Wrong
Control of talk radio
Forced prayer and oaths is public schools
War Rallies
Demonizing the free press
Fear
Forcing women to have children
Intolerance
Racism
Deportation
Bigotry
Homophobia
Intimidation
Strongarm Leadership
Law and Order!
Largest prison system in the world
Anti-Communism
Fascism
As we found out on 119 the reason that most of Europe has actual laws curbing hate speech is that they experienced the historic results of where it led and what it accomplished. Genocide, Holocaust and war, 60 million dead and a continent in rubble.
The problem being there is no downside to hate speech. It’s purveyors win in every aspect with increased stature, money flowing in, more followers and political power which we have seen happen right before our eyes in the last year in America. Where intolerance, bigotry, racism and hate have become so normalized that 62 million Americans knew exactly what they were getting when they voted for a certified buffoon as leader of the Free World. Strike that, the world has now rejected the old normal for the new normal. Angela Merkel is now considered the leader of the free world by the world. .
There is this false belief that bringing hate speech to every nook and cranny of America that by honest factual discourse it will be put asunder. Hate doesn’t play by the same rules, it adheres to no reason, hope or honesty.
I am not advocating congressional laws against hate speech, definitions and who defines will make a mess of it, but at the very least we can respect our kids, our schools, our businesses and the newly found power of social media to exercise their free speech to say no, not here, not in my front yard, not in my face.
And who are we talking about in all this anyway. Full blown racists Charles Murray and Richard Spencer, and Milo and Coulter who are horrid nasty bigoted hatemongers in it only for the turmoil they cause to make money.