Wednesday, August 15, 2012
When hate speech is OK
Does anybody really think that a charge of engaging in "hate speech" is going to be leveled at a guy like poet, playwright, essayist and activist Amiri Baraka?
When Condoleezza Rice was secretary of state, Baraka wrote a poem calling her a "skeeza," slang for a woman with morals so low that she makes prostitutes look downright saintly.
A few years later, when Michael Steele was chairman of the Republican National Committee, Baraka referred to him as a "real public coon."
And let's not forget New York City Councilman Charles Barron's unforgettable declaration right here in Washington, D.C., some 12 years ago: "Sometimes I'd like to slap a white person for my mental health."
What do we call pronouncements like the ones made by Baraka and Barron? "I love you very much speech"?
No, they sound like hate speech, and you can bet America's "Ban Hate Speech" bunch is comfortable with each and every one of them.
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Hate speech is only okay when its aimed at the tradional american family and conservatives in the minds of miro-brained liberals
Miró |miˈrō|
Miró, Joan (1893–1983), Spanish painter. A prominent figure of surrealism, he painted a brightly colored fantasy world of variously spiky and amebic calligraphic forms against plain backgrounds.
BoP: No, it's only hate speech when a conservative says it. Liberals are too full of light and love to utter hate speech.
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