I was listening to the radio on my way home tonight to a local Seattle talk radio station. The host was Jewish and very upset about what Ann Coulter said about Jews on the Donny Deutch show recently (She said they needed to be perfected) A woman caller calls in and is obviously shaken up and spoke of her grandparents who were French Jews and the most wonderful people in the world, etc. She then said something that made my skin crawl and something I knew would start to happen if this hate crime bill is passed. She said Ann Coulter should be arrested for a hate crime for saying that about Jews. I would like to know from all persons from all beliefs or lack thereof what you think about this. If possible, look at it objectively not just from the standpoint of not liking Ann Coulter or Christianity in general. Thanks and Gods peace.
2007-10-13 19:22:32 · 18 answers · asked by Loosid 6 in Society & Culture ➔ Religion & Spirituality
Yaakov: I bet im littering up your inbox huh I had a busy, insomniatic night last night lol
2007-10-14 06:45:05 · update #1
I'm a messianic believer (a Torah-observant Christian who has adopted a few Jewish traditions), and I think the objections are silly. Coulter didn't say anything new or radical or even unusual. She repeated one of the central tenants of Christianity, the Great Commission. It's the same thing that Christians have been saying for two thousand years, so why in the world would anyone be shocked about it now? (In fact, it's the same thing that almost all religions, including some elements of Judaism, have said since their inceptions.) It all strikes me as so much political posturing. -yk
P.S. You sure ask a lot of questions!
2007-10-14 06:29:00 · answer #1 · answered by Yaakov 6 · 1⤊ 0⤋
First of all, no one takes Ann Coulter seriously anymore, except extreme right-wing psychotics (she is, after all, their patron saint). Coulter lost any credibility she had a long time ago.
As for what she said, it's so vague it's difficult to qualify it as "hate speech." After all, what does what she said actually mean? It sounds like the kind of obscure phrase which is meant to do exactly what it did: Stir people up. Personally I think she was just playing with people's heads (again). More than anything, she needs to be ignored.
By the way, I'm an atheist, which is another group Ann Coulter doesn't like (not that I care what that fascist party doll thinks about anything).
2007-10-13 19:42:34 · answer #2 · answered by link955 7 · 1⤊ 1⤋
Its not a hate crime, its just plain ignorance and stupidy.
Comments like that are unecessary, and have no backing. Jews and Muslims could say the same thing about Christians.
Ann Coulters just a dumbass.
2007-10-13 21:34:13 · answer #3 · answered by Anonymous · 1⤊ 1⤋
saying what you think, even if no one else agrees, is not a criime in America. Causing physical harm based on your thoughts is.
By the way, even tho I am not a Coulter fan, I did read that interview (or excerpt) and she never said she hated them or intended to harm them, she made no threat.
ps. I do believe there is a God, but I profess no loyalty to a religion
2007-10-13 19:39:47 · answer #4 · answered by Anonymous · 2⤊ 0⤋
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2016-10-06 21:50:43 · answer #5 · answered by ? 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Hate crime is a joke. Every one could take a few words and turn then into hate crimes.
Freedom of speech will be totally lost.
Evey word spoken by a white person offends someone now days.
But other races can say the same words and its no problem.
I had a friend who beat up a guy for pinching his wives butt.He went to jail for 6 months was sued by the illegal and won. White husband ,Mexican man hate crime.
But White husband had a Mexican wife. Go figure.<><
2007-10-13 19:32:17 · answer #6 · answered by funnana 6 · 5⤊ 1⤋
i can't stand ann coulter...she makes my stomach turn...but a 'hate crime?' not in this country! if free speech is only protected for the kinds of opinions we agree with, it's not a right, it's just a theory...the answer to repulsive ideas is not censorship, it's the expression of better ideas...
2007-10-14 13:57:17 · answer #7 · answered by spike missing debra m 7 · 1⤊ 0⤋
I hate Ann Coulter and I think she is a racist lunatic. However, free speech is protected in this country, and that includes hate speech. I don't like the idea of making hate speech a crime, because who decides what constitutes hate speech? I'm sure there are people on R&S who feel that much of what atheists say on here qualifies as hate speech.
I hope Ann Coulter is stricken with a disorder that makes her mute, but I don't think she should be arrested.
2007-10-13 19:30:50 · answer #8 · answered by Pull My Finger 7 · 5⤊ 3⤋
I hope most christians do not believe as Ann Coulter believes. However, from my knowledge and experience with many christians, they do feel that they are superior than all the non-believers, and that perfection can only come when they all convert to christianity.
I am hoping that some christians will disagree with me. I am very much hoping that this is so.
2007-10-13 19:30:27 · answer #9 · answered by CC 7 · 1⤊ 3⤋
If everyone were arrested for saying negative things about a certain race, gender, religion, etc., our prisons would be overrun. No, it is not a hate crime. A crime does not constitute stating one's opinion, right or wrong. That's what the 1st amendment is for.
2007-10-13 19:30:10 · answer #10 · answered by Anonymous · 6⤊ 1⤋