Gus, I agree 100% with your piece but I was specifically concerned about the criminalization of hate speech in the US.
religioustolerance.org
>>Hate-crime legislation increases a criminal's sentence if it can be proven that the crime of which they were found guilty was motivated by hatred of the victim because of their race, religion, sex, or some other factor.
Hate speech legislation criminalizes the denigration, ridicule, or expression of hatred against a person or group on the basis of the victim's race, religion, etc.
These types of legislation do not offer any special protections to any group. They usually include religion and sex as protected classes. They protect Christians, Jews, Muslims, Wiccans, and others alike; they protect both men and women. <<
Indeed, as I read it, she could/should have been charged with an offence by saying she would have killed Jesus herself if the Jews hadn't. In fact, this is an expression of hatred towards both Jews and Christians and has nothing to do with who owns the media. |
