tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-18297904.post113819897428327655..comments2023-09-11T09:07:38.474-05:00Comments on Sweet Jazzy Cat: Jazzy explains hate crimes part 3jazzycathttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16720471765591930568noreply@blogger.comBlogger2125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-18297904.post-1138228893162669962006-01-25T16:41:00.000-06:002006-01-25T16:41:00.000-06:00You make good arguments for hate crime legislation...You make good arguments for hate crime legislation. However, my concern is for what I believe will be an inevitable intrusion into freedom of speech. I have already heard liberal political leaders use the term, ‘hate speech’ when referring to the homosexual issue and how ‘hate speech’ should be banned. There are nuts from the extreme right who profess a hatred for homosexuals just as there are nuts from the extreme left who hate conservative Christians. The church denomination that I attend (PCA Presbyterian) strongly disagrees with the practice of homosexuality, but do not hate them as we know that we are all sinners and fall short in many ways. We would be more than willing to minister to them and help them if they are willing. To say that disagreeing with homosexual practice automatically means a person or a group hates them is just not true. Some European countries and I think Canada have prosecuted Christian preachers for what they have said on this subject, so I think my concern is legitimate.jazzycathttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16720471765591930568noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-18297904.post-1138201850432026592006-01-25T09:10:00.000-06:002006-01-25T09:10:00.000-06:00I think you are talking about two different things...I think you are talking about two different things. Hate crime legislation is not aimed at speeches or opinions. People have been booed off the stage as it were for voicing unpopular beliefs for as long as there has been civilization. Hate crime laws are aimed at curbing actual physical violence spawned of hate. There are nutballs on the fringe of all points in the political spectrum. As I noted in my recent posts, it was such nutballs who, left unbridled, took over Germany in the early 1930s.<BR/><BR/>While the majority of people in this country are not nutballs, there are just enough such idiots that, if given the opportunity, would love to gain a foot hold in our society. Some have. Fear and intimidation are the tools of their trade. As the brown shirts in Germany grew in power, they eventually won through violence against all who opposed them. The majority fell in line behind them largely due to fear. <BR/><BR/>This may seem to be an over statement of what is going on here. But European Jewery repeatedly shook their heads and refused to believe that, what they feared, was actually happening. By the time most of them finally understood the nature and scope of the coming genocide, it was too late. <BR/><BR/>That is part of the mission, if you will, of the ACLU. It acts as a kind of watch dog. I don't always agree with some of the causes they take up, but, overall, I'm glad they are out there. And, I think hate crime legislation is an extension of those efforts.<BR/><BR/>TLSTerry Shttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09854019175361194687noreply@blogger.com