I have a Google Alert for the phrase ‘hate speech.’ Any news article with that phrase that Google knows about, is put in my inbox. I now get links to stories all over the world.
I’ve come to some conclusions. This hate speech accusation thing is big.
From South Africa to Indonesia, and the U.S. and UK, people are finding themselves in trouble for words which in another day might have been acceptable.
The Tanjungbalai Police on Thursday announced they had received statements from language experts with North Sumatra University in regards to alleged insults uttered by a Chinese-Indonesian resident named Meliana against a religion.
That’s from Indonesia, where they had to bring in experts because there was a language issue — and they really were not really sure what Meliana said.Experts had to be brought in to decipher what she said. How much damage could her words have done? Apparently she complained about the sounds of the Muslim call to prayer.
If you’ve never heard the call to prayer, just wait. You will, in your neighborhood eventually. It’s like Michael Bolton, but in Arabic.
Chelsea Clinton told the critical thinkers on The View that 2016 brought the normalization of ‘hate speech.’ As usual for a leftist, she has it backwards. 2016 has brought us the criminalization and codification of so-called hate speech.
Where it is not a crime, it’s a political death-threat. Donald Trump is being blamed for an uptick in racial and cultural bigotry. So, he’s responsible for the statements of others, and his campaign has a ‘whiff’ of racism? I hear those accusations all the time in the press.
Aren’t political statements supposed to be the most free of all? Yet Clinton, her mother and her side of the political aisle hope to silence opponents with labels of hate.
In Quebec, Canada, they fined a comedian $35,000 for telling a rude joke.
In Louisiana, a man has been charged with a hate crime for calling a police officer a n—-. Mind you, I would never insult anyone because of race, and don’t condone the behavior, but Louisiana has recently added police to the hate speech law already in effect.
In France, an anti-racism group is taking legal action against a mayor who said that to be French, you must be European.
Some of this is left wing, some is pro-Islam some of this is just about a lack of emotional strength and intellectual heft.
Muslims want anti-blasphemy laws, to shield them from any criticism. My crack about the call to prayer, above in bright blue, would get me charges in France, a fine in Quebec, and a beheading in most of the Middle East.
Some of it is politics. The left has few facts on their side when debating immigration, crime, the status of the black family, the war on poverty and many other issues. Easier to just call people haters, and then call their followers haters, and if necessary, call those who listen to the facts haters.
Some of this is related to the wussification of the young American mind. Chalk the nameTrump on a sidewalk, and watch the future leaders of the country curl into the fetal position, while calling for the firing of the Dean of Sidewalks. They never learned that America is their safe space, and also their free speech zone.
What to do about this? We need to stay aware of local situations which dovetail with this issue. We need to constantly add a voice to the debate. Always emphasis “I hate what so-and-so said, but this is the country where even stupid and hateful but non-violent words are protected.”
Don’t let anyone call verbal exchanges ‘attacks.’ Pearl Harbor was an attack.
Remind people that there is a fundamental right at stake. Can somebody declare your non-violent statements as hateful, and therefore illegal or forbidden? Where in the Constitution is that? And what kind of country do you leave to your children if you accept that premise?
When a leftist says “I have a right to…” and the rest of the phrase has to do with their comfort, ignorance or some other fiction, call them on it. You do not have a right not to be offended. You do not have a right to never see my religious beliefs in practice. You do not have a right never to learn a new perspective.
Remember that the left thinks they have made an important point once they’ve declared something is ‘hate.’ So what? Somebody on your side said what somebody else said is hateful. That’s called a debate. It’s America. We do this here. We’ve survived stupid, evil and hate without the meddling of leftist editors.
People have said hateful, hurtful, disrespectful and stupid things for centuries here, without the heavy hand of a censor. We don’t need them now.
A Conservative Christian Man 