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in the SCOTUS opinion they should be organized. Skinhead racists are allowed to associate just as much as anyone else. Just because we don't approve of their agenda does not mean we should take their rights away. Only people who agree with you should be allowed free speech, the right to bear arms, religious freedoms, the right to vote and the right to associate / assemble? What if you are wrong, what if you can be persuaded? For example: the abortion issue. It seems to be coming to a point where someone is going to have to make a nasty decision and pretty much half the people are going to be upset. I see very good points being made on both sides of the argument and I see people being persuaded into changing parts of their beliefs. Now, I 'm not saying racists are right, but in order for us to be able to claim that we are right, we have to allow everyone to be right.
That's all well and good but 'Incitement to crime' is not protected speech. And when you get a room full people who think the country would be better off without foreigners or blacks, and someone says: "Well, what are we going to do about it?"
The Government needs to keep tabs on groups that stockpile weapons or run websites where speech is troubling and suggesting further action be taken.
Also, 18 U.S.C. § 842(p) makes it an offence "to teach or demonstrate the making or use of an explosive, a destructive device, or a weapon of mass destruction, or to distribute by any means information pertaining to, in whole or in part, the manufacture or use of an explosive, destructive device, or weapon of mass destruction" either intending or knowing that the learner/viewer intends "that the teaching, demonstration, or information be used for, or in furtherance of, an activity that constitutes a Federal crime of violence."
This is a big country with a lot of problems, but we have not arrived at a time or place where we need to fear our Government. (they're too slow and often not all that bright)...
Information and opinion sharing, levels transparency and responsible news media keep things in check, IMO. But we need to keep tabs on the more deranged and disenfranchised elements. And thanks to idiots like Glen Beck, those groups have grown. So hire more FBI and ATF agents and when laws are broken make arrests and prosecute. That's all this is.
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