We are a group of friends and acquaintances -- a merry band of pranksters indeed -- who have been arguing about politics on-and-off, then really on, then a little off... since 1998. On email. But that meant literally thousands of emails a year. That was too many. So here's the blog dedicated to carrying on that spirit of political and pop culture argument and dialogue. You might think of us as "schmoliticians", because while we take politics seriously, we try not to take ourselves quite so.
July's sampling of 1st Amendment misuses:
posted by Randy @ 7/25/2006 05:50:00 PM
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Why, in the 3rd story, is the posting of the "Caution: Retards in Area" sign not a hate crime? People with disabilities are a protected group, right? If someone had put a sign that read, "Caution: (derogatory term for minority/ethnic group) in Area," there would be legal recourse, no?
"Hate crimes" are interesting. They take an already criminal event and increase its penalty if the perpetrator was motivated by malice towards a particular group.
Hate speech, in itself, is not a crime - just disappointing (and protected) behavior.
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