Nevertheless, you need to consider the historic wrongful conviction of Michael Morton. In 1987, Morton was wrongfully convicted of murdering his wife based solely on evidence from a hateful letter he wrote to her. Their personal disagreements aside, DNA evidence later exonerated Morton fully of the crime. The travesty of his wrongful conviction resulted in Texas passing the Morton Act (2013), which emphasized more evidence be required in convictions for serious crimes like this. Not every state has a Morton Act or Morton Act equivalent.
It is very, very dangerous to go on motive alone. First and foremost, motive can be misconstrued and misinterpreted. It is possible that Morton could have said something very ”incriminating” to his wife, but deep down never had the heart to ever harm her. Such things happen all the time, because words are an expression of emotions and not necessarily confessions of genuine interest or intent. In fact the worst serial killers in history didn’t at all communicate malicious intent to their victims.
Communications can always be submitted as evidence, but they alone aren’t enough to prove guilt in serious crimes. You need to understand that words alone must be majorly de-emphasized as an aspect of any given crime, because it is guaranteed that such a purview (and concordant hate speech laws) will result in the wrongful imprisonment and incarceration of many. The goal of a just justice system is not to incarcerate or punish innocent people for crimes they didn’t commit simply because they said offensive things. Motive alone cannot be enough for a conviction, and motive cannot be definitively understood by anything other than a higher omnipotent power that is aware of every level of consciousness and the complexity of human emotionality.
I suggest that you let go of the fantasy that there is authentic morality in going after hate speech.
Are you blind or just not capable of reading comprehension? This is a screenshot of the hate crime laws in NY. Not sure what is so difficult to understand about this clearly stating that when you write certain words, it is considered a hate speech and a hate crime in NY. It said it unequivocally. It states that to merely say something is not a hate crime unless accompanied by a violent act. Even though this is what it states, it has not stopped police and Alvin Bragg from enforcing certain speech unlawful for certain people.
Again, the only way to get around the kindness police on this site BECAUSE WORDS ABOUT HATE SPEECH IS HAPPENING, is to say if one group has speech privileges then either we all have them or none of us do.
I am a woman. I’ve been called many not nice things including the two words that she mentions in this request. Did I like it? No. But I don’t want any more laws on the books about this ridiculousness.
The Problem with this, is that No matter what a Person says, SOMEONE will be offended. We live in a Snowflake World. Who decides what words are offensive and how do they decide? If 1 person is offended, is that enough to have the word made Unlawful? My wife thinks its funny when she is called a “bitch” since it means she got that persons attention. I agree with another poster, if you are offended, get counseling or maybe just be an adult and walk away. I’m offended by your Comments that you think speech should be censored. Since I’m offended by you, should you be removed? Or should I just be an adult and walk away?
No words or speech should be banned. Just say the word you want to say. Everyone running around saying the “N” word. We know what word you’re referring to. Same with the B word, the C word, the R word, etc.
Everyone knows what it means, just say it. No safe spaces
Free speech is exactly that and it should not be a crime to use any words, unless they are a threat of physical harm or a physical act. “Sticks and stones can break my bones, but names can never hurt me.”
Policing language is unconstitutional. You are free to feel your feelings and hate whichever words you choose, but, you and the government do not and should not ever deem themselves the moral authority on how we speak. Its a step towards facism, and our government and corporations are already overstepping our constitutional freedom of speech. There is no such thing as hate speech, just speech you hate.
to put my 2 cents in. the protection of speech is about speech that others can’t handle it isn’t a protection for accepted speech. so move along. censorship of anyone out side of actual hate is against the constitution. deal with it and suck it up butter cup. i am a 50 year old woman and that word doesn’t make me cry nor does it bother me in fact i wear it with like a badge of honor.
Please. For the love of God, read the AMENDMENTS of the constitution. This will help you in life. OH. Get therapy, and you might want to do that quickly. You cannot live in America if you can’t control your emotions. Or what you people call “triggers”.
Also niggerts make it difficult to control my emotions. I just have to remember to use my words.
Example: Will niggerts ever vote overwhelmingly, like Sean Hannity says they will, for an awesome guy like Trump, instead of 93% for democrapts? No, no they will not ever!
It says that it is a hate crime if during a physical assault, hateful language is used against ones identity. That is what is making the crime a hate crime. It is not calling hateful language assault.
“Hate crimes” = legal chicanery. Used to further remove/reduce sovereignty from the native white populations from taking responsibility for their communities. It’s only use is to deracinate whites. Blacks murdering each other in Southside Chicago are not charged with hate crimes.
