The KKK's very existence is a hate crime.
What exactly is ironic about what I said?
What's disingenuous about wanting rapists AND sexually harassing perverts to both be held to account for breaking the standard of basic human morality?
I already answered it, let the goverment handle it. The government had no issue dismantling the black panthers when they viewed them as a threat, they should be able to do the same here.
Nothing. I responded to someone who said Louis CK committed multiple sexual assaults and was wondering why he is allowed to have the success he has despite that. I said that it was because it wasn't sexual assault and that people understand that what he did was a lesser offense. You then started grinding me because apparently you couldn't conceive of a more heinous act than Louis CK telling a women he's going to masturbate to them or whatever it was. Well there are worse acts, violent rape and sexual assault being among them. We all understand that. So I gave you the benefit of the doubt in that you were disingenuously arguing about it rather then failing to see the difference from sexual assault and your example. I think most people want to be reasonable and won't "cancel" someone to the same degree as another, depending on their crime or controversy. Have a good one
Intimidating and propagating hate against other people isn’t ‘free speech’ in the same sense that libel and slander aren’t ‘free speech’.
It depends on what you mean by intimidation and propagating hate. Saying "I think all Irish people are drunks" is hateful, I would say its propagating hate to say so. But saying that's not free speech is ludicrous.
Why would you think that's what I think? That's not what I said, or implied, or suggested. It's sad that you would read that sentence and get what you want out of it rather than taking it for what it meant.
I'm trying, Tay Tay. I really am.
Threatening or making a call to violent action doesn't necessarily have to do with hate speech.
That's why the laws need to be clear. Nobody is getting tossed in jail in Germany for criticizing the police.
For the sake of a feel good moment that will also make all the trolls and apologists want to barf, I feel so very bad now for whatever shit was given to you for defending MK11 even when it was as boring as watching paint dry. I am so happy this place has you here to keep watch over it, Sai Crimson.
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Instead of posting an excessively emotional response filled with obscenities and ad hominem attacks, I appreciate and agree with your point. The KKK ought to be classified as a terrorist organization. Trump attempted to classify Antifa as a terrorist organization yet failed because of the group's small size. The same must be accurate for the KKK. The fact is that both groups are too insignificant to matter. Neither has any political power.
Unfortunately, every country has a far right political movement, which is essentially what the KKK is. For example, in Germany the Nazis are the KKK. Also, if I wore the Croatian national soccer jersey and went to some parts of Serbia, I would arguably put my life in great danger. The numbers for the far right are thankfully very, very small, though.
The KKK is a hate group, not a ‘political movement’. The fact that literally everything has to be assigned to some arbitrary (and false) left vs. right dichotomy now is actually working counter to achieving harmony on a broad range of human rights topics.
Practice what you preach and read the context. I was not comparing Antifa to the KKK. I was addressing NaCl Man's point by explaining that classifying the KKK as a terrorist organization is unlikely to happen because Trump could not manage to classify Antifa, a group of people whom he constantly scapegoats, as a terrorist organization because "they are not large enough to cause everything that Trump blames them for."
Let's pretend that multiverse theory is right and there are countless realities for countless possibillites. I think it's safe to say we live in the dumbest fucking one out of all of them.
I don't know, the entire thing (especially when looking deeper into it) seems to be against cancel culture as a whole.
Exactly, it's clear the only way the KKK still exist is because they're in positions of power.
He certainly can, but that doesn't mean he can't suffer any consequences. Free Speech means he won't be arrested by the government. It doesn't protect him from being fired by his employer, or from being ostracized by society for his beliefs.
Oh that's a big yikes O_O. Jesus.
