Comments on: He’s No Anti-Semite; He’s Just the Lion of the Tribe of Judah http://www.israellycool.com/2005/12/14/hes-no-anti-semite-hes-just-the-lion-of-the-tribe-of-judah/ Down Under Punditry in the Middle East Fri, 25 May 2012 01:22:32 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.2 By: Anonymoushttp://www.israellycool.com/2005/12/14/hes-no-anti-semite-hes-just-the-lion-of-the-tribe-of-judah/comment-page-1/#comment-4982 Anonymous Thu, 15 Dec 2005 17:32:33 +0000 http://www.israellycool.com/2005/12/14/hes-no-anti-semite-hes-just-the-lion-of-the-tribe-of-judah/#comment-4982 If we want to preserve liberty and reason, we cannot allow "hate speech" to become part of our jurisprudence. As sickening as holocaust denial is, thought-control is worse.<em>"The danger arises when hateful opinions are voiced to the public for the purpose of persuasion," Bilodeau said. "When he tries to persuade others, then it's criminal."</em>Evidently the definition of "crime" is no longer "force or fraud". Now it has become a crime to try to <strong>persuade</strong> someone (i.e. use <strong>reason</strong>) when your opinion is "socially inappropriate". If we want to preserve liberty and reason, we cannot allow “hate speech” to become part of our jurisprudence. As sickening as holocaust denial is, thought-control is worse.

“The danger arises when hateful opinions are voiced to the public for the purpose of persuasion,” Bilodeau said. “When he tries to persuade others, then it’s criminal.”

Evidently the definition of “crime” is no longer “force or fraud”. Now it has become a crime to try to persuade someone (i.e. use reason) when your opinion is “socially inappropriate”.

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