Halfback wrote:Personally, I'd like to see an end to all offensive speech. Since speech is protected under the 1st ammendment, however....... the conclusion is to have "offensive" speech outlawed (a limit on free speech, on the face of it). THAT opens a whole can of worms:
1) Who decides what is offensive?
2) Offensive to a majority or a minority?
3) One man's insult is another man's political agenda. Obvious from all the hype and rhetoric we see passed back and forth.
I submit if we start limiting "free speech", for ANY reason, we no longer have free speech.
Since we seem to have a ground swell going on about outlawing "hate" speech, I believe we must eradicate the word "hate" from the language. Might I suggest "unlove". (See Orwell's 1984 for enlightenment)
OR, we can try to be a little more civil to one another, without having to have it legislated so. THAT makes a lot more sence to me. (But then again, I was taught to be civil and mannerly at a very young age.) Even though I try my best, I do fall from that lofty ideal under certain circumstances.
Halfback
A very bent white mother and son kidnap a black woman who once dated the son, but eventually jilted him. They then rape and torture ( really torture - not water boarding and loud music) her. During their sick activity they call her the "N-word" and other foul names.
Fortunately the poor woman is rescued and the very bent mother and son are charged with the crimes of rape and torture. "The Family," and local "civil rights activists" are not content. They clamour for "hate crime" charges and suggest possibly sinister motives for the DA's failure to abide by their demands.
I would have thought that charging some with rape and torture was a lot worse than charging them with "hate," but I guess I'm just insensitive.
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