>>>>http://www.cnn.com/2011/US/03/02/scotus.westboro.church/index.html?hpt=C1
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>>>>The courts don't have the common decency or enough balls to do what is right.
>>>>
>>>>I predict some well deserved fatalities on the Westboro side shortly.
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>>>FWIW, while I detest Westboro's behavior, I think the court ruled correctly in this case. It's not free speech unless we protect the right to say things we hate.
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>>So if KKK a-holes decided to hang out at the doorway of a different black church in the south each sunday during services chanting "DIE nigger nigger nigger", that's OK?
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>If they're on a public sidewalk, and they're not carrying weapons (thus suggesting they mean to actually do something other than chant), yep.
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>When neo-Nazis decided to hold a march in my town, I was part of the group that chose to have a multi-cultural celebration event elsewhere at the same time, rather than a confrontation counter-protest. (FWIW, when they couldn't get the desired reaction, the neo-Nazis decided not to come after all.)
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>Tamar

So you don't agree with hate crime laws, right?

from http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hate_crime..

"Hate crimes (also known as bias-motivated crimes) occur when a perpetrator targets a victim because of his or her perceived membership in a certain social group, usually defined by racial group, religion, sexual orientation, disability, class, ethnicity, nationality, age, gender, gender identity, social status or political affiliation.[1]"

"Hate crime" generally refers to criminal acts that are seen to have been motivated by bias against one or more of the types above, or of their derivatives. Incidents may involve physical assault, damage to property, bullying, harassment, verbal abuse or insults, or offensive graffiti or letters (hate mail)."