Ok, my readers. Let’s have a serious discussion about this. Free speech is important to all Americans. Hugs, Barbara
by: Pamela Geller
There is very dangerous legislation making its way through both the House of Representatives and Senate that will finish the United States. The sharia bill calls for Islamic blasphemy laws — the criminalization of speech that offends or insults — who, exactly? Well, that is up to the enforcer, is it not?
On Wednesday, Senator Ed Markey (D-MA) introduced “The Hate Crime Reporting Act of 2014″ (S.2219), which seeks “to examine the prevalence of hate crime and hate speech on the Internet, television, and radio to better address such crimes.” Congressman Hakeem Jeffries (D-NY) introduced a companion bill in the House – H.R. 3878.
Yes, we see, Hakeem. The first amendment protects all speech, not just speech that we like. Or else who would decide what’s good and what’s forbidden? Hakeem? When I was a young girl, the Nazis were given permission to march in a predominately…
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idealisticrebel 
I just don’t think it’s this simple. On the one hand we risk endangering our right to free speech and on the other hand we risk exacerbating hate crimes. The real problem here is that
It is a balancing act worthy of a circus. It has come up many times before. Once it was the KKK wanting to hold a peaceful rally here. At first I was very upset but I believe we really need to protect free speech. They came and it was a non event. People didn’t attend because they were not interested. It is a question worthy of much discussion. Hugs and sleep well my friend, Barbara
Hugs to you too Barbara!
This particular bill is woefully inadequate to solve either issue without worsening the other.