The difference is clear: hate speech is targeted speech towards a section of the community, or population.
You mean that it's targeted towards one of many "protected" groups. Not all groups have such protection. She's in two of those groups - white and Christian. You can say whatever you want about them and nobody will accuse you of anything. Equal protection under the law? I think not.
THAT'S why hate speech laws (and censorship) have no place in society.
My main objection to GMO is that we're not yet wise enough to foresee all the future outcomes.
We are already seeing such things as Roundup-resistant weeds, some from the overuse of Roundup and some from genes escaping from plants genetically modified to be Roundup-resistant. Scotts is planning on selling Roundup-resistant lawn seeds, surely a monster if there ever was one. Get off my lawn, for real.
When we become as wise as God, then we can play God. Until then we're like children playing with a loaded gun.
I'm an American. It's nobody's business what I eat or drink. It's especially not the government's business, and MOST especially not the business of somebody who just happens to be the First Lady.
The people in office are NOT royalty and they're generally no brighter than the average American.
It's that way in the U. S., too, and worse. And a lot of our public sector workers are unionized which means they're nearly impossible to fire. They demand more money and benefits from the politicians who are more than happy to oblige them in exchange for union campaign donations. Most work for 25 years and then retire with big pensions and cushy benefits.
Individual police officers (and other government agents) who violate a person's civil rights may be sued under federal law and/or state law. The main federal civil rights law is 42 U.S.C. 1983, which authorizes suits against state and local officials who violate a person's constitutional rights. Federal officials may be sued under an analogous judge-made law called the "Bivens doctrine". In addition, state and local officials, but not federal officials, may be sued under state law.
When a police officer loses his house, his car and a lot of his future income maybe he will pay attention to the law next time. Maybe his fellow officers will learn something, too.
"In recent times, it seems that many Police Departments believe that recording them doing their work is an act of war with police officers destroying the tapes, phones or cameras while arresting the folks doing it, . . . . . "
Remove the comma after 'times' and put it after 'war'.
It's simply very poor sentence construction so typical of the younger generation. Did none of you pay attention in English class?!?
Yes, the letter you refer to was written and signed by Republicans (the bad kind of Republicans).
But you failed to notice that the effort to repeal the objectionable part of the NDAA is a bipartisan effort led in part by Republicans (the good kind of Republicans), Reps. Ron Paul and Justin Amash along with help from some Democrats (the good kind of Democrats) like Rep. Adam Smith.
We don't have many friends in Congress nowadays. At least give the ones we do have some credit when they try to do the right thing.
I'm 59 and I say 'change the channel', but everybody says 'dial the phone' when we haven't had phones with rotary dials in years. And we still say 'roll up the window' even though our cars have power windows.
Icons are like speech in that respect. They have become part of the language. Changing them willy-nilly only confuses people.
Nice straw man there. Nobody minds paying for a civilized society. What they mind is being screwed. You can tax a person only up to a certain point, at which time they'll just say, "Fuck it!"
The bottom line is, how many rich people can we afford to lose before we lose it all?
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The difference is clear: hate speech is targeted speech towards a section of the community, or population.
You mean that it's targeted towards one of many "protected" groups. Not all groups have such protection. She's in two of those groups - white and Christian. You can say whatever you want about them and nobody will accuse you of anything. Equal protection under the law? I think not.
THAT'S why hate speech laws (and censorship) have no place in society.
Yeah, you'd be better off with solar cells on your cap, or maybe a wind-powered generator on your head?
The real terrorists are the ones who record your private conversations in airports.
When are we going to get tired of the shit coming out of California and kick their asses out of the union?
Is everybody in that godforsaken state bat-shit crazy?
My guess would be that he works at the DMV.
My main objection to GMO is that we're not yet wise enough to foresee all the future outcomes.
We are already seeing such things as Roundup-resistant weeds, some from the overuse of Roundup and some from genes escaping from plants genetically modified to be Roundup-resistant. Scotts is planning on selling Roundup-resistant lawn seeds, surely a monster if there ever was one. Get off my lawn, for real.
When we become as wise as God, then we can play God. Until then we're like children playing with a loaded gun.
Uh, no. She's a fucking hypocrite.
I'm an American. It's nobody's business what I eat or drink. It's especially not the government's business, and MOST especially not the business of somebody who just happens to be the First Lady.
The people in office are NOT royalty and they're generally no brighter than the average American.
When asked about it, the horse replied, "No sir, I didn't like it."
Amps and volts don't matter if the shock knocks you off the pole and you hit the ground. :)
Just what are the prerequisites for being an environmentalist? Being a complete moron? Being an asshat? Or is it that they're just born that way?
You don't get out much, do you? They are right there in front of your face! See them?
At least turn on the news every once in a while.
I don't live in NYC. I didn't vote for the asshole holding the office of mayor. You New Yorkers have exactly what you wanted. Live with it.
If the way things are going pisses you off, then vote the idiots out of office. Elect somebody who doesn't want to run your life for you.
Not to mention being raped by TSA perverts.
. . . theophobic (yep I just coined a word) . . .
No, you didn't. You just discovered a word you had never heard before.
Why did Robin Hood rob from the rich?
Cause the poor have no money!!
They won't need them. I can remain in a hardened state for extended periods of time using little energy!
It's that way in the U. S., too, and worse. And a lot of our public sector workers are unionized which means they're nearly impossible to fire. They demand more money and benefits from the politicians who are more than happy to oblige them in exchange for union campaign donations. Most work for 25 years and then retire with big pensions and cushy benefits.
Until we get a handle on that we're screwed.
Individual police officers (and other government agents) who violate a person's civil rights may be sued under federal law and/or state law. The main federal civil rights law is 42 U.S.C. 1983, which authorizes suits against state and local officials who violate a person's constitutional rights. Federal officials may be sued under an analogous judge-made law called the "Bivens doctrine". In addition, state and local officials, but not federal officials, may be sued under state law.
When a police officer loses his house, his car and a lot of his future income maybe he will pay attention to the law next time. Maybe his fellow officers will learn something, too.
"In recent times, it seems that many Police Departments believe that recording them doing their work is an act of war with police officers destroying the tapes, phones or cameras while arresting the folks doing it, . . . . . "
Remove the comma after 'times' and put it after 'war'.
It's simply very poor sentence construction so typical of the younger generation. Did none of you pay attention in English class?!?
gtbritishskull, if that's how informed you are, please don't vote.
I guess your news sources include The Daily Show.
Yes, the letter you refer to was written and signed by Republicans (the bad kind of Republicans).
But you failed to notice that the effort to repeal the objectionable part of the NDAA is a bipartisan effort led in part by Republicans (the good kind of Republicans), Reps. Ron Paul and Justin Amash along with help from some Democrats (the good kind of Democrats) like Rep. Adam Smith.
We don't have many friends in Congress nowadays. At least give the ones we do have some credit when they try to do the right thing.
Herself. The judge is a woman appointed by Obama.
I'm 59 and I say 'change the channel', but everybody says 'dial the phone' when we haven't had phones with rotary dials in years. And we still say 'roll up the window' even though our cars have power windows.
Icons are like speech in that respect. They have become part of the language. Changing them willy-nilly only confuses people.
Nice straw man there. Nobody minds paying for a civilized society. What they mind is being screwed. You can tax a person only up to a certain point, at which time they'll just say, "Fuck it!"
The bottom line is, how many rich people can we afford to lose before we lose it all?
Thus the budget deficits at all levels of government. That's okay, though, just keep raising taxes until you kill the goose that laid the golden egg.
The geese are almost dead now.