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Friday, January 08, 2016

US Criminalizing Free Speech?

Eighty-two leading Democrats have cosponsored a House Resolution (H.Res. 569) "Condemning violence, bigotry, and hateful rhetoric towards Muslims in the United States".

The Resolution was introduced in the House of Representatives by Democrat Donald S. Beyer (Virginia) on December 17, 2015 -- a mere 15 days after Tashfeen Malik and Syed Farook gunned down 14 innocent Americans and wounded 23 in an ISIS-inspired terror attack at a Christmas party in San Bernardino, California.

The House Resolution states, "the victims of anti-Muslim hate crimes and rhetoric have faced physical, verbal, and emotional abuse because they were Muslim or believed to be Muslim," and the House of Representatives "expresses its condolences for the victims of anti-Muslim hate crimes."

What victims? Of all 1,149 anti-religious hate crimes reported in the United States in 2014, only 16.1% were directed against Muslims, according to the FBI. By contrast, over half of all anti-religious hate crimes were directed against Jews – 56.8%. The fewest, 8.6% of anti-religious hate crimes, were directed against Christians (Protestants and Catholics).

The Resolution goes on to denounce "...in the strongest terms the increase of hate speech, intimidation, violence, vandalism, arson, and other hate crimes targeted against mosques, Muslims, or those perceived to be Muslim."

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5 comments:

Anonymous said...

We should send all of these slime-supporters to slime countries and see how they survive!

Maybe they'll come back with a different mind-set....never-mind, stupidity can't be cured!

lmclain said...

Maybe they should be charging some of the Muslims who stand on street corners in New York City, screaming at all passersby that Jews are pigs, Americans are evil and everyone who doesn't submit to allah the pedophile will be killed. They go free while an American goes to prison for being mean to THEM?
Keep cheering.

Anonymous said...

Can't say anything hateful about muslims or radical islamists but you can call any other person of color anything you want without legal reprecussions? Who votes for these people?

Anonymous said...

"Who votes for these people?"

This bill was sponsored by 82 DEMOCRATS. Who do you think votes for "these people"??

Anonymous said...

What are you talking about?

Only WHITE people can be abused with racial slurs without repercussions.