Comments on: Know What Would Be Fun? Blowing Up Palin In Effigy http://www.thepiratescove.us/2008/11/02/know-what-would-be-fun-blowing-up-palin-in-effigy/ Free societies are societies in which the right of dissent is protected Mon, 22 Mar 2010 08:33:57 -0700 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.8.5 hourly 1 By: William Teach http://www.thepiratescove.us/2008/11/02/know-what-would-be-fun-blowing-up-palin-in-effigy/comment-page-1/#comment-120454 William Teach Tue, 04 Nov 2008 16:00:50 +0000 http://www.thepiratescove.us/?p=6665#comment-120454 I could agree more. I could agree more.

]]> By: Duncan http://www.thepiratescove.us/2008/11/02/know-what-would-be-fun-blowing-up-palin-in-effigy/comment-page-1/#comment-120432 Duncan Mon, 03 Nov 2008 14:30:14 +0000 http://www.thepiratescove.us/?p=6665#comment-120432 This is why I hate.. well.. hate crimes. It creates a group of protected citizens, who are protected from even the 1st Amendment. For instance, hanging "Sarah Palin" in effigy is not a hate crime, but hanging "Barack Obama" in effigy is a hate crime, because he is half-black whereas Sarah Palin is all-white. I don't think that there is any attempt to hang Barack Obama, or make him feel threatened because of any effigy-abuse, anymore than there is for Sarah Palin. After all, I could probably argue that the man who hung Sarah Palin "hates" her, therefore it is a hate crime, perhaps? Its baby steps towards stifling free speech in the name of political correctness, because who gets to decide who are the protected classes? This is why I hate.. well.. hate crimes. It creates a group of protected citizens, who are protected from even the 1st Amendment. For instance, hanging “Sarah Palin” in effigy is not a hate crime, but hanging “Barack Obama” in effigy is a hate crime, because he is half-black whereas Sarah Palin is all-white. I don’t think that there is any attempt to hang Barack Obama, or make him feel threatened because of any effigy-abuse, anymore than there is for Sarah Palin. After all, I could probably argue that the man who hung Sarah Palin “hates” her, therefore it is a hate crime, perhaps? Its baby steps towards stifling free speech in the name of political correctness, because who gets to decide who are the protected classes?

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