Edits to post #25248510 by GrizzlyOne
Edited at 2014-09-28 00:22:51
At 9/27/14 11:36 PM, Bit wrote:
Yet many people are Christians who believe "God hates fags" and that women should stay at home, while a very, very small number of people believe that the Holocaust never happened.
If everything that could incite hate and bigotry were illegal, that would include most mainstream religions, most forms of patriotism, and would result in the arrest of nearly the whole population of Earth.
I'm not going to debate what I think about religion or Christianity because it has nothing to do with this topic, and with your last point, ignoring the holocaust directly allows hate. Having love for the area you are in or following aspects of a religion can but doesn't directly lead into an excuse for hate like neo-nazis denying the Holocaust ever happened.
@NeonSpider
What are you going to get them with? What crime can you charge them with? Many of these groups are very good at knowing how to walk that fine line to remain within legal grounds. See Westboro Baptist for example.
Ilegalize/criminalize it
You could say "well make this or that illegal" but that just pushes the line and they'll still see how far they can go while still remaining on the legal side of that line.
What? It would give the offending party less stuff to work with.
At 9/27/14 11:36 PM, Bit wrote:
Yet many people are Christians who believe "God hates fags" and that women should stay at home, while a very, very small number of people believe that the Holocaust never happened.
If everything that could incite hate and bigotry were illegal, that would include most mainstream religions, most forms of patriotism, and would result in the arrest of nearly the whole population of Earth.
I'm not going to debate/argue what I think about religion or Christianity because it has nothing to do with this topic, and with your last point, ignoring the holocaust directly allows hate. Having love for the area you are in or following aspects of a religion can but doesn't directly lead into an excuse for hate like neo-nazis denying the Holocaust ever happened.
@NeonSpider
What are you going to get them with? What crime can you charge them with? Many of these groups are very good at knowing how to walk that fine line to remain within legal grounds. See Westboro Baptist for example.
Ilegalize/criminalize it
You could say "well make this or that illegal" but that just pushes the line and they'll still see how far they can go while still remaining on the legal side of that line.
What? It would give the offending party less stuff to work with.
