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In article <v2ohni$1v2sq$2@dont-email.me>,
 "Adam H. Kerman" <ahk@chinet.com> wrote:

> BTR1701 <atropos@mac.com> wrote:
> >moviePig <nobody@nowhere.com> wrote:
> >>5/23/2024 2:38 PM, BTR1701 wrote:
> >>>moviePig <nobody@nowhere.com> wrote:
> >>>>On 5/22/2024 12:57 PM, Rhino wrote:
> 
> >>>>>Once again, Leo Kearse hits it out of the park:
> 
> >>>>>https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=d5uW1Htq7XU [10 minutes]
> 
> >>>>I listened to enough to hear the claim that truth is a defense
> >>>>against a charge of "incitement to hatred" ...which, obviously,
> >>>>it isn't.
> 
> >>>As I said, the truth is now illegal.
> 
> >>>But neither should citing the government's own crime statistics in a
> >>>discussion about public policy be considered "incitement to hatred"
> >>>merely because it undermines the government's immigration agenda.
> 
> >>As I said, an "incitement to hatred" needn't carry any lie.
> 
> >And expanding on what I said, if you make truth illegal because you've 
> >created circumstances that allow you to claim it leads to some nebulous 
> >concept of 'hatred', then you've successfully muzzled all political 
> >opposition and have created a dictatorial society where anyone who 
> >speaks against you is criminalized.
> 
> >And this all comes from the people who are constantly bleating about the 
> >need to "protect muh democracy!"
> 
> Political opposition? It's far worse than what you've stated.
> 
> The justice researchers and analysts who compiled the statistics then
> reported their finding are every bit as guilty of "incitement to hatred"
> as the politician.
> 
> What about the police who made arrests who are required by law to report
> ethnic and national characteristics of the perpetrator and victim? By
> complying with their duty to observe and report, they too have run afoul
> of the law.
> 
> How about a witness who desribed the perpetrator? Guilty.
> 
> How about the victim or complaining witness? Guilty.
> 
> How about the newspaper that discussed justice statistics? Guilty.

And this is a moviePig approved society.