Thread: Would you support the government pursuing hate groups as they do terrorist groups?

Originally Posted by Kreton

White Nationalist groups, KKK, New Black Panthers, Conservative Citizens, Aryan Nation, or any other groups that promote hate and encourage others to perpetrate hate against others.

The First Amendment guarantees the freedoms of speech and association. This is still a free country, in spite of the best efforts of intolerant leftist know-nothings, and any group of people can get together and talk all they like about how people of this or that race, nationality, religion, etc. are the scourge of the earth and have no right to live. Any American has the right to hate the living guts on anyone he damn well pleases, for any reason whatever, and to say so.

Originally Posted by Kreton

White Nationalist groups, KKK, New Black Panthers, Conservative Citizens, Aryan Nation, or any other groups that promote hate and encourage others to perpetrate hate against others.

I would support the government going after hate groups who are actively involved in terrorism, murder or violence....and they do. If a group merely holds meetings and expresses their hatred, however repugnant it may be, there are first amendment issues. However the real question is why did you include "Conservative Citzens" in your list of hate groups??????? Perhaps you need to lighten up on your own level of hatred.

Originally Posted by Kreton

Occupy people and the kkk are not the same. The kkk have historically used violence to intimidate and threaten. They also encourage others to use violence.

I have no use for the KKK, however they are a mere shadow of their former selves Today they manage little more then holding parades in small rural towns. The Aryan Movement is the dangerous one. As for Occupy Wall street, it is also a hate group. While it is not on the same level of the KKK, it is a lawless group of morons who riot, and destroy property.

Originally Posted by Kreton

Monitoring and stopping are not the same. These groups use violence and encourage it. But only the individuals are pursued. What about the others who are actively encouraging the activity. Teaching the hate. Essentially causing these things. Freedom of speech shouldn't protect the right to promote hate and violence against others. We can target the mafia for being members, we can detain terrorists for affiliation. Why shouldn't we purge society of these groups who are actively promoting hate against Americans?

In that case, the government should be going after Al Sharpton.

I voted no. The government can't even prosecute the hate groups that caused the 2008 crash of our economy, or the hate groups who killed eleven oil platform workers and polluted the gulf of mexico.

Originally Posted by demsoc70

Would you have also have hated and called for the hanging of the original tea party members who threw tea into Boston harbor? That was a riot that destroyed a lot of property that belonged to a major corporation.

No! I would not. That is something that occurred while we were british subjects and part of a revolution.

Originally Posted by WCH

What about the Black Panthers, La Raza, Nation of Islam, the Obama administration, etc? They promote hate...regularly

Not worthy of comment. I thought this was an adult forum .As you well know, that childish "Obama Administration" .. untrue , unnecessary .