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Both of those address property crime. I've already said that was only an example for the hate speech question, and it's TOTALLY irrelevant to post 9.#14 & #34 fully state my views.
We be good!
But in the interest of furthering discussion, I'll go ahead and respond to this:
Well, legally speaking, hate speech is a 'real crime,' but given that I chided you for semantic games, I'll let it go.I don't favor punishing hate speech, only real crimes.
Anyway, are death threats "real crimes?" Honest question.
Hey, I'm CLINICALLY paranoid raised by an iconoclast who taught me never to trust anyone in authority! (He kinda regretted that when I applied it to him, but that's another story.... ) That said, I don't consider hate crimes to be thought crime. Fred Phelps, may ants take his eyes, has yet to commit a hate crime, rabid as he is. The Ku Klux Klan has every right to recruit all the maggots they can, and so on.There is great potential for repression when gov't acquires the power to punish thought crime.
To do so in conjunction with real crime is just the first step IMO.
Next, the mere expression of offensive speech would be restricted....IM(paranoid)O
But when people start calling for violence, I consider that criminally liable.