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Does Free Speech Radicalize Youth? In the U.K., Two Answers to a Divisive Question
By Delia Lloyd - Politics DailyLONDON -- How much free speech is good for young people? Does exposure to extremist views enlighten young people or radicalize them? Here in the U.K., where I live, there are two competing answers to this question. On one hand, you have Conservative Prime Minister David Cameron, who recently employed quite aggressive rhetoric on the topic of Islamic extremism. In a much talked-about speech in Berlin, he denounced Britain's long-held tradition of multi-culturalism as a "failure," calling for a more "active, muscular" approach to the issue. Cameron's view is that the U.K. has for too long ...
The Right Tones Down the Rhetoric
By Robert and Donna Trussell - Politics DailyFollow the Trussell cartoons on Twitter at ChaosTheoryPD ...
Opinion: The Rush to Blame the Right for Giffords' Shooting
By Bernie Goldberg - AOL NewsThis was the headline in a column about the Arizona shootings in the Sunday Guardian out of London. "In the US, where hate rules at the ballot box, this tragedy has been coming for a long time." And then the sub-head: "The shooting of Gabrielle Giffords may lead to the temporary hibernation of right-wing rage, but it is encoded in conservative DNA." Yes, the Guardian is a far left piece of work, so we shouldn't be surprised by the shallowness or visceral hatred of conservatives by one of its pundits. But the same message, in slightly less outrageous form, is the topic of much conversation ...
Can Curtailing Hate Speech Prevent Genocide?
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UNITED NATIONS (Nov. 7) -- Can laws against so-called hate speech help prevent incidents of genocide like those that claimed millions of lives in recent decades in Cambodia, Bosnia, Rwanda and the Congo? Githu Muigai, a Kenyan lawyer and the U.N.'s special rapporteur on racism, said Monday that even though "xenophobic and racist action" leads to "death and destruction," many domestic legal systems are not equipped to handle such cases. "It is not the norm, even when hate speech is in the statute book, that judges and magistrates and judicial officers are sensitized to the special problem of ...
In Ann Arbor, State's Attorney Is Accused of Stalking, Hate Speech
By Andrew Cohen - Politics DailyIt smells like a "Law and Order" plot. And perhaps, one day soon, the story of Chris Armstrong and Andrew Shirvell will make it onto the small screen. Let's just hope the it contains a safe and peaceful ending. Armstrong is a 21-year-old University of Michigan student and the openly gay president of the university's student council. Shirvell is an assistant attorney general for the State of Michigan, a University of Michigan alum, and evidently an anti-homosexual advocate who cannot stomach the thought of Armstrong's student leadership. Shirvell has established a blog -- named after ...
Coalition Calls on FCC to Go After Hate Speech in Media
By Christopher Weber - Politics DailyMore than 30 advocacy groups are calling on the federal government to monitor "hate speech" in media, which they say has been on the rise as rhetoric heats up over Arizona's tough new immigration law. In a letter, the groups asked the Federal Communications Commission to examine the possible link between hate speech and hate crimes and to look for "non-regulatory ways to counteract its negative impacts." The letter urges action on an FCC petition filed last year by the the National Hispanic Media Coalition. The groups include the Benton Foundation, Free Press, Media Justice League, the ...
Free Speech vs. Hate Speech
By Carl M. Cannon - Politics DailyHate is not new to 2009. And negative campaigning, either against presidents or their policy prescriptions, is not a recent innovation in U.S. politics. The first excessively partisan presidential campaign in U.S. history – that is to say, an election featuring discourse that was vicious and personally nasty – was the first one that did not feature George Washington as a candidate. But 1796! Now there was an election year not for the faint of heart. A victory by the Jeffersonians, warned the Federalists, would induce in the new country "the teaching of murder, robbery, rape, ...
Ireland's New Blasphemy Law: Say What?
By Delia Lloyd - Politics DailyWell, Bonnie and Ria, I think I've found a solution to all those nasty, hate-filled freepers who've been saying ugly things about Malia Obama. Ship them over to Ireland. ...
Hate Is a Word, Not a Crime
By Donna Trussell - Politics DailyI don't dispute that the characterizations of Michelle Obama and her daughters on some conservative Web sites are odious in the extreme, but the question of how to discourage offensive statements in a civilized society is anything but settled. Who gets to decide what is or is not offensive? ...
Hate Speech Finds a Home on the Web
By Bonnie Goldstein - Politics DailyI see that racist, hate-filled jerks have been exercising their free speech over at Free Republic, a political blog directed at readers of the hard right wing persuasion. ...
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