tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8839412.post7783148110812251637..comments2024-03-19T07:48:54.021-06:00Comments on Gus Van Horn: Quick Roundup 428Gus Van Hornhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05126749051688217781noreply@blogger.comBlogger2125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8839412.post-10473811613858618452009-04-30T11:15:00.000-06:002009-04-30T11:15:00.000-06:00Thanks, Jaz.
What really blows my mind about this...Thanks, Jaz.<br /><br />What really blows my mind about this is that this was nowhere near being on my radar. I am, admittedly, spread pretty thin these days, but still: I heard about this only by chance.Gus Van Hornhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05126749051688217781noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8839412.post-74489659981405634742009-04-30T09:50:00.000-06:002009-04-30T09:50:00.000-06:00Gus,
First off I just finished reading the link to...Gus,<br />First off I just finished reading the link to the Undercurrent article you wrote few years back on the subject -you nailed what is at stake with clarity, with no quarter given to the mystical intellectual adverseries. Just extraordinary, superlative writing.<br /><br />There were two stories in the local News& Observer from this morning that caught my attention related to the "hate crime legislation". The first was an AP report -ok, get prepared for this-it said: "The bill, which passed 249-175, could provide a financial bonanza to state and local authorities, with grants for investigation and prosecution. The federal government could step in and prosecute if states requested it or declined to exercise their authority."<br />To be kept in mind is that AP is one of the largest news services in the world and not a kook-job. The above is very ominious and needs to vigorously fought. As you pointed out in your article this is an assault on the ideas that we hold in our mind. It is an abject attempt at "mind-control". What thoughts that a man or each man as part of a group hold that would need the states to request federal help? And the federal Gestapo will now be able to circumvent the states if they think the law of a state is not "punishing" "hate-crime" enough?? <br />From that same AP report:"President Barack Obama, in contrast, urged support, saying it would "enhance civil rights protections, while also protecting our freedom of speech and association." And of course that will go unchallenged with the cultural state we are in! In fact he will be hailed as an upholder of freedom and no one sees the massive contradiction and evasion involved.<br />The second story was from the Charlotte Observer on U.S. Rep. Foxx "Foxx Called Out for Criticism of anti-hate crime bill": http://www.charlotteobserver.com/local/story/695592.html<br /><br />An ignorant and uninterested public perhaps does not understand the import of the entire "hate-crime" legislation and what is at stake.Rational Educationhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02520568540990573166noreply@blogger.com