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Dutch to prosecute Arabs over Holocaust cartoon

Dutch prosecutors said Wednesday they will charge an Arab cultural group under hate speech laws for publishing a cartoon that suggests the death of 6 million Jews during World War II is a fabrication.

Asylum-seeking Brits wait deportation in US jail

Two Britons seeking asylum in the United States after being convicted of hate speech crimes in their homeland will be deported after nearly a year in U.S. custody.

Dutch court: prosecute anti-Islamic lawmaker

A right-wing lawmaker should be prosecuted for inciting racial hatred with anti-Islamic statements that include calling the Quran a "fascist book," a Dutch court ruled Wednesday.

Hate Speech Cited in Immigration Debate

A national Latino group said Thursday it is fighting back against what it considers to be "hate speech" that has emerged from the debate over immigration.

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Left Wing Hate Speech
Source: Atheist Revolution

Courtesy of Fox "News" and a plethora of right-wing talk radio personalities, the airwaves are filled with right-wing hate. The influence of these pervasive messages is undeniable.

Rush Limbaugh vs. CNN and MSNBC: False Hate Speech Shows Evil Character of Many Limbuagh Haters

"I mean, let's face it, we didn't have slavery in this country for over 100 years because it was a bad thing. Quite the opposite: slavery built the South. I'm not saying we should bring it back; I'm just saying it had its merits. For one thing, the streets were safer after dark."

The Rush Limbaugh Media Lynch Mob
Source: Telegraph

Which public figure can be quoted as having said something bigoted and disgusting and it doesn't matter whether he did or not because he might have? Who can Big Media brand a racist without checking the facts? Who has to prove he did not say something racist, rather than the ac …

When Blogs Become a Weapon to Shut Down Free Speech
Source: LA Progressive

Blogs were supposed to be a means that enabled every person to exercise their right to free speech which is guaranteed in the 1st Amendment of the Constitution. Hurrah! Everyone now had a way to give the world their two cents no matter who liked it or not.

Is Lou Dobbs, CNN's Resident Bigot, on His Way Out?
Source: AlterNet.org

The heat on CNN to dump right-wing nativist news host Lou Dobbs has reached a boiling point.

Send the body to Glenn Beck
Source: trueslant.com

Today we learn that 51-year old Bill Sparkman, a part time worker for the US Census Bureau, was found hanged from a tree near a Kentucky cemetery with the word "fed" scrawled across his chest. The FBI is investigating to determine if Mr.

Death by political correctness in Scandinavia
Source:

A 15 year old in Denmark warning about the Islamization of his country = HATE SPEECH A major Swedish newspaper reviving the medieval anti-Jewish blood libel = FREE SPEECH Welcome to Europe...

Democrats to Keep Running Against Bush
Source: Blogs for Victory

I guess if all you ever had was "I'm not Bush", then you keep going with it…

Race, Drudge, Rush Limbaugh (segregate buses?): Mainstream Media Needs No Help Stirring Up Racial Hatred

No. Rush Limbuagh is not actually for returning to segregated buses. If you see that on the internet, or on MSNBC or CNN, it is a LIE.

Think Progress: Boortz compares President Obama to a child molester.
Source: Think Progress

Boortz on Twitter: Obama on Wall Street today. That's like sending a child molester to speak to a kindergarten class. Gutter-level filth from Boortz. If his employers had any integrity, he would be fired tomorrow.

White Americans Attacking Our President

Despite the hopeful (and premature) declarations that America is in a "post-racial" place in history, events this year have proved these false. What are these events? First, an enormous increase against the President's life.

Republican Popularity Plummeting As They Continue Boarding The Crazy Train

In a Research 2000 poll conducted a little over a month ago, only 42% of Republicans believed that Barack Obama was born in the United States.

Dutch to prosecute Arabs over Holocaust cartoon
Source: Yahoo! News

AMSTERDAM – Dutch prosecutors said Wednesday they will charge an Arab cultural group under hate speech laws for publishing a cartoon that suggests the death of 6 million Jews during World War II is a fabrication.

Muslims, school officials criticize 'Islam is of the Devil' shirts- Gainesville, FL
Source: gainesvile.com

Dr. Nausheen Khuddus has four children in the local public school system - three in elementary school and one in middle school.

Fox&Friends Do More Mosque Bashing And Biased Coverage Of Rifqa Bary Case
Source: News Hounds

Yesterday, I detailed the coverage that Fox News is giving to the case of a 17 year old Ohio girl who converted to Christianity from Islam and who ran away to Florida because, she alleges, her father will kill her for "apostasy." The people that she ran to, in Florida, are th …

Stop hate speech
Source: thejakartapost.com

As we welcome the police's decision to drop their plan to monitor religious sermons for radical content, we are still left with one unanswered and fundamental question: What to do with hate sermons? We certainly can't ignore them.

American Media damaging America?
Source: The Moderate Voice

Health Care. So it seems like every one has put Mr Obama's whole presidency down to this one issue. If he fails to pass a bill before his first term, he's a failure. If he passes a bill without the public option, he's a failure.

"Rascal! Your name!". Schopenhauer vs the Internet trolls
Source: Telegraph

For months - years even - I've been arguing that anonymous and pseudonymous comments have no place on the Internet. I'm in no doubt that if we forced everyone who wanted to respond to a blog post or online article to use their real name, the Internet would be transformed.

White anger fueling health care debate - San Jose Mercury News
Source: mercurynews.com

This is an excellent article that highlights some of the real reasons behind all of the anger over health care. All of the in your face exchanges and signage have all been so very interesting and so very laden with "code words", that to me, are likened to hate speech.

Free Speech vs. Hate Speech
Source: Politics Daily

Hate is not new to 2009. And negative campaigning, either against presidents or their policy prescriptions, is not a recent innovation in U.S. politics.

Obama assassination, killing Latinos among city councilman's email jokes
Source: Merced Sun Star

Violent and racist e-mail jokes alluding to the assassination of President Barack Obama, the killing of Latinos and violence against black people were forwarded by Atwater City Councilman Gary Frago during the last six months, according to more than 200 new e-mails obtained by th …

Republican Party Has Become "Cash for Clunkers"
Source: The Huffington Post

The Republican Party is disintegrating in front of our eyes. The latest Gallup Poll has them leading in party identification in six states. Six! They're tied in two. That means they're trailing in 42 states!

Woman Fined for Homophobia in Poland
Source: Yahoo! News

In a decision gay rights advocates call groundbreaking for Poland, a judge in the northwest of the country fined a woman for using homophobic slurs to describe her gay male neighbor, reports the BBC

Fascist America: Are We There Yet?
Source: ourfuture.org

All through the dark years of the Bush Administration, progressives watched in horror as Constitutional protections vanished, nativist rhetoric ratcheted up, hate speech turned into intimidation and violence, and the president of the United States seized for himself powers only d …

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