Do we just prosecute for VIOLATIONS or persecution of "MINORITY RIGHTS"?? ....or do we also prosecute for VIOLATIONS or persecution of "MAJORITY RIGHTS", TOO ???
Who defines "Minorities or Majorities" ???
What makes YOUR rights more or less valuable than the OTHER person???
Protection....especially by the GOVERNMENT....of Rights to Free Speech (our Bill of Rights) should ALWAYS be IMPARTIAL AND GUARANTEED FOR ALL PERSONS .....not just Minorities!
Because, if not...
..IT BECOMES POLITICAL THOUGHT CONTROL!!!
We all know and readily admit that, over the years, this Country has become a "MELTING POT" of people, cultures, ideals and even morals. Good or bad....it has and is happening!!
In order to "protect" the minorities, we ("the Government") has determined that it is in our "collective best interests" to prosecute those who offend or violate certain "principles" we deem necessary....
Therefore....
"Hate crime laws in the United States.... protect against hate crimes (also known as bias crimes) motivated by enmity or animus against a protected class. Although state laws vary, current statutes permit federal prosecution of hate crimes committed on the basis of a person's protected characteristics of race, religion, ethnicity, nationality, gender,sexual orientation, gender identity, and disability.
and then....
The Hate Crime Statistics Act of 1990 28 U.S.C. § 534, [2] requires the Attorney General to collect data on crimes committed because of the victim's race, religion, disability, sexual orientation, or ethnicity. The bill was signed into law in 1990 by George H. W. Bush, and was the first federal statute to "recognize and name gay, lesbian and bisexual people."[7] Since 1992, the Department of Justice and the FBI have jointly published an annual report on hate crime statistics.
as a result...
Penalty-enhancement hate crime laws are traditionally justified on the grounds that, in Chief Justice Rehnquist's words, "this conduct is thought to inflict greater individual and societal harm.... bias-motivated crimes are more likely to provoke retaliatory crimes, inflict distinct emotional harms on their victims, and incite community unrest."[16] Some people object to penalty-enhancement and federal prosecution laws because they believe they offer preferred protection to certain individuals over others."
Support for hate crime laws:
"Justifications for harsher punishments for hate crimes focus on the notion that hate crimes cause greater individual and societal harm. It is said that, when the core of a person’s identity is attacked, the degradation and dehumanization is especially severe, and additional emotional and physiological problems are likely to result. Society then, in turn, can suffer from the dis-empowerment of a group of people."
Opposition to hate crime laws
"The U.S. Supreme Court unanimously found that this amounted to "viewpoint-based discrimination" and is in conflict with "Rights of Free Speech" because it selectively criminalized bias-motivated speech or symbolic speech for disfavored topics while permitting such speech for other topics. Many critics further assert that it conflicts with an even more fundamental right: "free thought"!
The claim is that hate-crime legislation effectively makes certain ideas or beliefs, including religious ones, illegal, in other words, "thought crimes"!"So now....
If it is a "Hate Crime" to persecute one for violating a "minority" right.....Why, then is it NOT a "Hate Crime" to violate one's "MAJORITY" right??
Who decides if it is a "minority" or a "majority" ???
Ask yourself this.....In the most recent case in the media.... A&E vs Phil Robertson
Is A&E in violation of the "Hate Crime" statutes for "discrimination" against a Christian person for speaking about his beliefs (via the Bible)?? Many will answer.. No!
So then, I ask .....Why not??
Is it because Phil Robertson was not a "minority" who is protected by the "Hate Crimes"???
Christians are obviously not being protected from discrimination for "their speech".....But if a minority (homosexual or black person, etc) was "discriminated against" (i.e....fired) for comments defending "their beliefs"....there would be be an "uproar" in their defense.."a violation of the Hate Crimes laws".....including a government lawsuit.
A&E is the perpetrator here.....Phil Robertson is the victim......all because of his "religion" and/or his religious beliefs !!!
THIS IS WHAT IS CHANGING OUR SOCIETY....OUR MORAL VALUES....OUR WAY OF LIFE!!! .......AND IT IS BEING DONE BY THE GOVERNMENT (aided by THE MEDIA) UNDER IT'S POLITICAL AGENDA & MOTIVATION BY WHICHEVER "PARTY" IS IN POWER VIA "THOUGHT CONTROL"
YES....."THE NANNY STATE" !!
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