Friday, July 10, 2009



This might not be such a bad idea

Hispanic and other groups ask the FCC to track media hate speech
"The National Hispanic Media Coalition (NHMC), one of the country’s foremost Latino media advocacy and civil rights organizations, announced today that thirty-three organizations have signed on to a letter urging the Federal Communications Commission (FCC) to grant NHMC’s Petition for Inquiry into hate speech in media.

The Petition requests that the FCC initiate an inquiry into the extent, nature and effects of hate speech, and explore ways to counteract or reduce its negative impacts. These signatory organizations represent a variety of diverse communities and include the Asian American Justice Center (AAJC); Catholics in Alliance for the Common Good; the National Organization for Women (NOW); Reclaim the Media; and the Office of Communication of the United Church of Christ. (see letter below for full list).

The diversity of signatories to this letter show that the problem of hate speech is not limited to the Latino community. Women, African Americans, Asian-Pacific Americans, Muslims, Jews, Catholics, gays and lesbians, people with disabilities, and even Caucasian Americans have all suffered harms as a result of hate speech. Hate speech is pernicious in its effect; it can cause psychological harm to its recipients, especially youth, as well as creating an environment that encourages the commission of hate crimes.

Source

Hate speech against Christians and hate speech from Muslims would certainly show up big if such a survey were honestly conducted -- though the chances of that would be small, of course.

5 comments:

Anonymous said...

Hate, like beauty, is in the eye (or imagination) of the beholder.

Who is to decide what constitutes hate speech?

Are not hate speech laws, anti-free speech?

Is hate speech something (anything) that's said which i don't like or disagree with?

If you are 4'6", and someone calls you short, is that hate speech?

Obviously, with the far-left fring in charge of the govt., all of the left-wing groups see this as their time to have all of their pet, off-the-wall whims catered to via laws. If we were a rational society, if we truly believed in equality, (which we obviously do not) no one would be entitled to special laws and protections above and beyond what everyone else gets.

Anonymous said...

What a crock of crap...I have the right to HATE anyone and anything that I so choose, I have the right to offend anyone I so choose, as long as I don't resort to violence, What ever happen to the childhood saying- sticks and stones will break my bones but names will never hurt me..."G"

Anonymous said...

Because people have come to realize that those sticks and stones can be truned into big $$$ with the help of some liar. Oops, i mean lawyer.

Bobby said...

God help us if the FCC is going to decide what is and what isn't hate speech.

Anonymous said...

I have a credo I stand by:

If I've offended you then my efforts have been rewarded!

Some...err many actually are so thick the only way to get through to them is to offend them.

BUT,

Be sure you're able to out-run them before you open your mouth.