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PaulK Member Posts: 17828 Joined: Member Rating: 2.5 |
...to call Robert Ray a Nazi?
"The heat here is nothing compared to what you're going to get in the ovens," shouted Robert Ray, a writer for the white supremacist website Daily Stormer. "It's coming," he spat.
BBC From the Charlottesville "Unite the Right" rally where some of the marchers were carrying swastika banners.
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vimesey Member (Idle past 103 days) Posts: 1398 From: Birmingham, England Joined: |
You can get into all sorts of debates about what a National Socialist was or is. It's easier just to call him scum.
Could there be any greater conceit, than for someone to believe that the universe has to be simple enough for them to be able to understand it ?
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Faith  Suspended Member (Idle past 1474 days) Posts: 35298 From: Nevada, USA Joined: |
There is no right of "peaceful assembly" when a group advocates violence of any sort. The white supremacists with their threatening of violence to Jews among others, should be banned from public demonstrations. I don't understand why such a group would be allowed a public forum at all as they were in Charlottesville.
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jar Member (Idle past 424 days) Posts: 34026 From: Texas!! Joined:
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There is a Constitutional Right of Free Speech and Free Assembly. It is the speech that we most disagree with that requires our protection.
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Faith  Suspended Member (Idle past 1474 days) Posts: 35298 From: Nevada, USA Joined: |
I don't know how the law is worded with respect to violent speech but I thought that free speech is limited by the rule that "you can't falsely yell 'fire' in a crowded theater." Threatening to kill Jews as one of the crowd did in an interview I heard in my opinion ought not to be allowed.
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ringo Member (Idle past 442 days) Posts: 20940 From: frozen wasteland Joined: |
Faith writes:
If "one of the crowd" made threats then he may be subject to prosecution but the crowd can not be held responsible.
Threatening to kill Jews as one of the crowd did in an interview I heard in my opinion ought not to be allowed.
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Faith  Suspended Member (Idle past 1474 days) Posts: 35298 From: Nevada, USA Joined: |
True, but it sounded rather like a platform statement that could possibly be found in official statements of their organization. He listed three objectives he imputed to the gathering as a whole, something about protesting the Leftist attack on white culture and something else I don't remember and the third was "killing Jews." If his statements do represent the published objectives of the organization, my question is whether an organization that threatens violence to the Jews, or to anybody, has the rights granted by the Bill of Rights.
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ringo Member (Idle past 442 days) Posts: 20940 From: frozen wasteland Joined: |
Faith writes:
I would say that other members of the organization should still have their rights. Authorities should only be able to deal with individuals who break the law; they should not be able to interfere with freedom of assembly.
If his statements do represent the published objectives of the organization, my question is whether an organization that threatens violence to the Jews, or to anybody, has the rights granted by the Bill of Rights.
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vimesey Member (Idle past 103 days) Posts: 1398 From: Birmingham, England Joined: |
But (assuming the organisation itself is capable of being prosecuted (in English law, I think they would have to be a legal person - I don't know how it works in the States)) surely the organisation itself has to be prosecuted at some point. If the KKK's official spokesperson incites violence against a racial group, and is prosecuted and then replaced as spokesperson, by someone new, who repeats the incitement, how many times should the incitement continue, before the KKK itself is prosecuted for what its spokesperson says ?
The racist organisation itself has to be susceptible to legal process, just as racist individuals do.Could there be any greater conceit, than for someone to believe that the universe has to be simple enough for them to be able to understand it ?
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Faith  Suspended Member (Idle past 1474 days) Posts: 35298 From: Nevada, USA Joined: |
The question I'm asking is whether an organization with stated objectives of violence toward anyone would legally be granted a right to protest or demonstrate in public. Those gatherings normally require legal permission, don't they? So what is the law regarding the right to assemble for such an organization? I'm not asking about the legal rights of individuals.
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Faith  Suspended Member (Idle past 1474 days) Posts: 35298 From: Nevada, USA Joined: |
This is a complicated situation in some ways. I'm with the group protesting the removal of historical monuments, I'm against the Leftist position on that, and also am aware that it's been Leftist protests that have turned violent in the last few months, and that there are Leftists who openly advocate such violence too. I'm against their right to demonstrate as well. This just raises a lot of questions for me about the right to public assembly, protest, demonstrate and so on, by any group that advocates any kind of violence against anybody. For me the advocacy of killing Jews should take away the rights of the protesting group to any kind of public display or forum, but my opinion may not be shared by the law; the point is I don't know.
Edited by Faith, : No reason given.
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Phat Member Posts: 18350 From: Denver,Colorado USA Joined: Member Rating: 1.0 |
Authorities should only be able to deal with individuals who break the law; they should not be able to interfere with freedom of assembly. What are the current laws regarding the distinction?Chance as a real force is a myth. It has no basis in reality and no place in scientific inquiry. For science and philosophy to continue to advance in knowledge, chance must be demythologized once and for all. —RC Sproul "A lie can travel half way around the world while the truth is putting on its shoes." —Mark Twain " ~"If that's not sufficient for you go soak your head."~Faith "as long as chance rules, God is an anachronism."~Arthur Koestler
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14174dm Member (Idle past 1139 days) Posts: 161 From: Cincinnati OH Joined: |
I think that if people within the organization break the law using the resources of the organization, there is the possibility that the assets of the organization can be seized as part of a criminal or civil trial.
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Coragyps Member (Idle past 765 days) Posts: 5553 From: Snyder, Texas, USA Joined: |
Businesses can have religious beliefs here now: I would think they (and organizations) should be subject to arrest.😏
What play was this from?-Let's kill all the Jews! And the bicycle riders! ----Why the bicycle riders???! -Why the Jews?
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jar Member (Idle past 424 days) Posts: 34026 From: Texas!! Joined:
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Unless there is some law broken I'm not sure what legal jeopardy incurs.
In the US, TTBOMK Hate Speech is not illegal or prohibited, thank God. Saying that Jews should be killed is no different than Trump saying protesters at his rally should be taken out on a litter. I see absolutely no difference between what Trump did and what was said at the Charlottesville rally. Behavior though can incur legal criminal ramifications. If the group prepared to round up Jews or attacked Jews or burned a synagogue then those individuals could be arrested. But there are also civil sanctions possible. The organization could be sued in civil court if a actual case could be made that they caused physical or emotional trauma to an identified party. That was the tactic used to sue the KKK in the past which allowed financial sanctions against the organization and it's leaders and pretty much shut it down for a half century.
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