Thought Crime Bills Threaten Talk Radio

peaceandlove · 07-04-2009, 02:24 PM

US: So-called hate-crime bill threatens talk shows that defend the Constitution and oppose corruption in government - in the name of protecting minorities, of course. Blacklisted News 2009 June 27 (Cached)

SOURCE: G. Edwards Griffin http://www.realityzone.com/currentperiod.html

Thought Crime Bills Threaten Talk Radio

Thought Crime Bills Threaten Talk Radio
Published on 06-27-2009 Email To Friend Print Version

By Kurt Nimmo
HR 1966 has cleared the House and now faces the Senate as S.909, the Matthew Shepard Hate Crimes Prevention Act (officially, the Local Law Enforcement Hate Crimes Prevention Act). The bill is expected to sail through the Senate as it did in the House. It will provide federal assistance to the states, local jurisdictions, and Indian tribes to prosecute hate crimes, and for “other purposes.” It creates special protective status based on race, color, religion, national origin, gender, sexual orientation, gender identity, and disability.

Kansas Rep. Todd Tiahrt compared the bill to Orwell’s Animal Farm and said it would damage free speech.

S.909 is a direct violation of the First Amendment. It allows the federal government to prosecute people involved in “hate speech” transmitted over television, radio, and the internet. The House version of the bill states:

Whoever transmits in interstate or foreign commerce [radio, TV, internet] any communication, with the intent to coerce, intimidate, harass, or cause substantial emotional distress to a person, using electronic means to support severe, repeated, and hostile behavior, shall be fined under this title or imprisoned not more than two years, or both. (HR 1966, SEC 3, Sec. 881a)

In other words, if a talk show host engages in “hostile” speech against a person or persons of the above mentioned federally protected group that talk show host will face federal prosecution and the prospect of a two year prison term.

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Northern Boy · 07-04-2009, 04:02 PM

The way around this and I don`t like it is to make put a disclaimer up before granting access where in order to view the content they must accept that the content they will be viewing might be offensive to some . That they agree after being warned means that they accept this risk associated with listening. other than going this route those type of sites would have no choice to go the subscription or pay avenue much like satellite radio .

It comes down to choice you can decide what you want to listen to, not allowing some one to decide for you

Tango · 07-05-2009, 01:01 AM

I'll tell you the reason for this...

Make it against the Law; to Think... I'll have to ' THINK ' about that...

" Consciousness is the programming language of the universe....
We are consciousness conductors... That’s what we do..!
That’s who we are. Consciousness comes through, or emanates from us.
We are the creators. We are the ones who are targeted on this planet
because we are the ones who transmit the reality, just like everybody
else does."

OK... Back your regularly scheduled programming [T.V.] To tell you a vision...

Trooly,

Tango

Sorry... I couldn't help myself !!!

Anchor · 07-05-2009, 01:07 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Tango

Sorry... I couldn't help myself !!!

Why apologize, that was an awesome post!

07-04-2009, 02:24 PM	#1
peaceandlove Avalon Senior Member Join Date: Sep 2008 Location: Turtle Island Posts: 2,776	Thought Crime Bills Threaten Talk Radio US: So-called hate-crime bill threatens talk shows that defend the Constitution and oppose corruption in government - in the name of protecting minorities, of course. Blacklisted News 2009 June 27 (Cached) SOURCE: G. Edwards Griffin http://www.realityzone.com/currentperiod.html Thought Crime Bills Threaten Talk Radio Thought Crime Bills Threaten Talk Radio Published on 06-27-2009 Email To Friend Print Version By Kurt Nimmo HR 1966 has cleared the House and now faces the Senate as S.909, the Matthew Shepard Hate Crimes Prevention Act (officially, the Local Law Enforcement Hate Crimes Prevention Act). The bill is expected to sail through the Senate as it did in the House. It will provide federal assistance to the states, local jurisdictions, and Indian tribes to prosecute hate crimes, and for “other purposes.” It creates special protective status based on race, color, religion, national origin, gender, sexual orientation, gender identity, and disability. Kansas Rep. Todd Tiahrt compared the bill to Orwell’s Animal Farm and said it would damage free speech. S.909 is a direct violation of the First Amendment. It allows the federal government to prosecute people involved in “hate speech” transmitted over television, radio, and the internet. The House version of the bill states: Whoever transmits in interstate or foreign commerce [radio, TV, internet] any communication, with the intent to coerce, intimidate, harass, or cause substantial emotional distress to a person, using electronic means to support severe, repeated, and hostile behavior, shall be fined under this title or imprisoned not more than two years, or both. (HR 1966, SEC 3, Sec. 881a) In other words, if a talk show host engages in “hostile” speech against a person or persons of the above mentioned federally protected group that talk show host will face federal prosecution and the prospect of a two year prison term. Continues: http://blacklistednews.com/news-4661-0-5-5--.html

07-04-2009, 04:02 PM	#2
Northern Boy Avalon Senior Member Join Date: Oct 2008 Location: On this Rock Posts: 1,390	Re: Thought Crime Bills Threaten Talk Radio The way around this and I don`t like it is to make put a disclaimer up before granting access where in order to view the content they must accept that the content they will be viewing might be offensive to some . That they agree after being warned means that they accept this risk associated with listening. other than going this route those type of sites would have no choice to go the subscription or pay avenue much like satellite radio . It comes down to choice you can decide what you want to listen to, not allowing some one to decide for you Last edited by Northern Boy; 07-04-2009 at 04:08 PM.

07-05-2009, 01:01 AM	#3
Tango Avalon Senior Member Join Date: Sep 2008 Location: eating dessert in the desert of Arizona Posts: 1,554	Re: Thought Crime Bills Threaten Talk Radio I'll tell you the reason for this... Make it against the Law; to Think... I'll have to ' THINK ' about that... " Consciousness is the programming language of the universe.... We are consciousness conductors... That’s what we do..! That’s who we are. Consciousness comes through, or emanates from us. We are the creators. We are the ones who are targeted on this planet because we are the ones who transmit the reality, just like everybody else does." OK... Back your regularly scheduled programming [T.V.] To tell you a vision... Trooly, Tango Sorry... I couldn't help myself !!! Last edited by Tango; 07-05-2009 at 03:22 PM.