Do you think the right to express hate should be amended in the constitiution to preclude general expressions?

Question

of associated hate implying that people of certain races should be killed and that threats and such should be considered felonies verses misdemeanors as they are now in some places in the US?

I am amazed so far at how tolerant you people are! So you don't think that hate talk eventually leads to hate crimes? Shouldn't these people be either put in counselling and communication skills classes or criminalized? Wouldn't our society be better off if we educated the masses in acceptable methods of disapproving of things they don't like about society or people, being specific and not generalizing and not using those generalizations to advocate physical damage to another human being? Is threatenning killing something we Americans like? Of course if it is it proves to me that there are no real Christians in this country or anything near. Is that what we want to be all about?

And who is to say whether the unibomber or Timmy McVeigh learned their attitudes through hate speech witnessing? A bully tends to say what they are gonna do before they do it. If they find opposition, they learn to back down. If they find no opposition, they just keep on coming. I think at least it should be a crime at this point in time to do hate speech in the witness of a child and that it should be punishable by children being removed from those situations and fines. Basically, those who are not BIG, have a disadvantage with regards to bullying and tend to be forced to listen to it. I remember my Father in Law telling everyone that Hitler was perfect and he was mad about it worse than Archie Bunker, and he was ready to fist fight anyone who thought otherwise or who might debate with him about that. That kind of behavior, intimidation, in our society today should not be tolerated by law! We are getting too populated to tolerate it. It is too dangerous and risky today! WMD

Answer 1

That was very nicely put to bad the world doesnt look at it that way. God bless you and keep the faith.

Answer 2

Well, we are given freedom of speech, not freedom from being offended. How do you draw the line between hate crime invoking language and general expressions? If we star itemizing what is or isn't acceptable we will exclude many things. There is a huge difference between socially inappropriate language and illegal language. I don't personally believe that hate language should be tolerated, but legally where do you draw the line. It's the same as itemizing ones rights, when you list them, you then exclude many other things.

Answer 3

The constitution of the US guarantees fredom of speech. This includes the right to express hate. What is hate? Is it only stating that people of certian social and econmic backgrounds be killed or are liberals stirring up class envy also guilty of inciting hate. And who gets to determine what is hate? If I get to be Lord of the "Is this person making a hateful remark" Universe then I could go along with it, but other than that I think the current system of freedom of speech should be left alone.

Answer 4

The freedom that people have fought and died for is the freedom to say what others dont want to hear, I HATE F U C K I N G people from mars, that needs protection people may not want to hear it on the other hand "flowers are pretty" offends no one so who needs protection to ensure they can say such a thing with so much going on i think the last thing we need is thought police added to the constitution

Answer 5

I'm confused by your question.
Are you asking whether the government should amend the constitution to make threats of violence against a specific person or persons belonging to a particular race because of their race a prosecutable offense? Because depending on what's said and how it's said, my understanding is the person in question could already be charged with conspiracy to commit a hate crime or simply assault under our current laws.

If you question is more philosophical and general in nature, as in should we make hate speech illegal, my answer is no. Although I don't agree with hate speech, it would be unfair to regulate people's personal opinions.

Answer 6

NO! No political correctlness in the constitution thank you very much. Now please go off and debate the issue with the ones that want to put bans on flag burning and gay marraige in there. It is all a very, very, bad idea. Let the states handle that. it is their business to do so.

Answer 7

I think that all people should be treated equal, except liberals, I think killing them would be self defense.