Most folks here know me from the cafe across the street, and know that I am pro-Israel and pro-Jew.\u00a0 You may not know that I got tossed out of there for (most proximally) calling the reprehensible anti-Semite lawyer from the southwest a “broken toilet of a man” for his continued dancing-with-the-rules harassment of this one lady over there whom we all like a lot.\u00a0 Except that one jerk who didn’t like her at all — I helped get him chased out of there.<\/p>\n
I broke the rules, and I’ll accept my fate.\u00a0 I’m as proud of my enemies as I am of my friends — no need to thank me.<\/p>\n
But comes now before us this awful law which proposes to protect Jews and will instead outlaw Christianity, secular criticism of Israel, and oh by the way Islam<\/em>.\u00a0 If the powers that be wish to outlaw Islam for its breathtaking incompatibility with, and implacable hostility to, any government but a theocratic despotism — we can talk.\u00a0 But both the immediate and presumably long-term goals of this legislation will better be achieved by enforcing the laws already on the books!\u00a0 We already have laws against assault, battery, menacing, brandishing, death threats, trespassing, unlawful gatherings, bodily harm, attempted or actual murder or wrongful death, and yes, illegal discrimination.<\/p>\n The problem with the laws on the books is that enforcement is not uniform, that is, it is not robust except against whits, and these days, orientals and Jews are coded hard white by the Marxist agitators who run our schools, our human resource departments, and increasingly our “justice” system.<\/p>\n Germany has had laws on the books outlawing anti-semitism, and while I have always understood why, it still doesn’t sit well with me.\u00a0 Well, they had different demons to drive from the body public, and they were willing to squelch some freedom in order to do it.\u00a0 Given their conduct and subsequent experience in WWII, I get it.\u00a0 The US does not need any such new law.<\/p>\n Whatever problem you think this bill might fix, it will not, for the same reason that the existing and sifficient laws on the boooks do not already solve the problem.\u00a0 We have no shortage of laws.\u00a0 We have a poverty of will.\u00a0 And any power granted, any interpretation gained, any rule of construction introduced by this bill will simply be used against Western Civilization.<\/p>\n This is a piece of crap bill, a weapon aimed at the First Amendment, and a guaranteed time bomb.<\/p>\n Our jackass former acquaintances who can’t keep the Jew hatred out of their mouths may not be welcome on various pieces of property, digital or otherwise, but they retain the RIGHT as American citizens and as human beings to express unpopular opinions, and to offer dead-wrong facts claimed as truth.<\/p>\n I also DEFENDED (slightly) our busted ceramic former compatriot when I thought the attacks against him (boys will be boys!) were coming from the wrong basis.\u00a0 He may be a piece of garbage, but garbage has rights too.<\/p>\n And so I don;t know if I have stated this baldly before, but freedom of speech is utterly incompatible with “hate crime” laws, which are just regular crime laws, but with added penalties for certain thoughts.\u00a0 These are selective criteria, not universals such as intent, passion, or premeditation, and the hate aspect of hate crimes are exclusively used for the state to accomplish retributive justice for (presumably) the sins of the father.\u00a0 It stinks from bowsprit to drain plug.<\/p>\n Hatred may be harmful and it may be self-destructive, and it may keep you from getting to Heaven (heck if I know), but it is NOT illegal.\u00a0 These days, it may become necessary to display some hatred in public just to re-affirm our rights to our own opinions, our own counsel, our own speech.\u00a0 We carry guns in part because a right unused withers.\u00a0 Exercise of rights is not “firing for effect,” so to speak, but a necessary bit of maintenance.<\/p>\n I’m probably hard-pressed to come up with anybody I actually hate.\u00a0 But I’m working on it.<\/p>\n Suggestions gratefully accepted below.<\/p>\n Most folks here know me from the cafe across the street, and know that I am pro-Israel and pro-Jew.\u00a0 You may not know that I got tossed out of there for (most proximally) calling the reprehensible anti-Semite lawyer from the southwest a “broken toilet of a man” for his continued dancing-with-the-rules harassment of this one lady over there whom we all like a lot.\u00a0 Except that one jerk who didn’t like her at all — I helped get him chased out of there.<\/p>\n I broke the rules, and I’ll accept my fate.\u00a0 I’m as proud of my enemies as I am of my friends — no need to thank me.<\/p>\n But comes now before us this awful law which proposes to protect Jews and will instead outlaw Christianity, … Continue reading