Posted on 05/19/2022 10:23:56 AM PDT by RandFan
@RepThomasMassie
I don’t hate anyone based on his or her ethnicity or religion. Legitimate government exists, in part, to punish those who commit unprovoked violence against others, but government can’t legislate thought.
This bill promoted internet censorship and violations of the 1st amendment
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Sounds like he actually read the bill. How many other reps even bothered?
This guy was the only Republican to vote against this “do not hate Jews” bill.
Which I thought was a bit odd.
But now he says the bill is against the first amendment.
I don’t think bills like this should come from our legislature at all.
But if it does, it makes you look bad to vote against it.
Just my sudden thoughts on the matter.
We’re going to give away everything in exactly this method. The Left has perfected the misuse of language to suit their ends. So many freedoms have been curtailed in the name of “doing something.”
Yes it looks bad.
But he has his reasons and always tries to explain why he votes against this stuff.
None of this “hate crime” nonsense is necessary. Just follow the Constitution.
Makes me kinda like him.
Democrats want thought control legislation and many Republicans are too stupid and frightened to recognize it.
What was even the bill?
I have no doubt it did. And why do we have to have specific ‘hate crime’ stuff that makes crimes against certain groups worse then against other groups. It is very Orwellian. Violent crimes are heinous and as such carry harsh penalties. How about we leave it at that?
If a white child is raped is it less awful or worse then if a black child is raped and a slur is used?
I am a Christian Zionist and I fully understand Massie’s view of things.
The Horrors of the Holocaust will not be prevented from happening again by abridgement of the First Amendment and attempts to regulate human thought.
It will only provoke pushback from the other side and more conflict.
“Hate Crime”
Is
“Thought Crime”
God has a top ten list killing, stealing etc. focus on those rules.
>> but government can’t legislate thought.
This is true, and the Rats in govt are trying real hard
ALL of the laws have been written long ago.
Congress now just makes them ridiculously specific or names them after a victim.
It was a garbage, do nothing, bill.
Just show and pomp and bread and circus.
I’d vote against it because it’s meaningless and stupid.
They should never be no matter when they were written
“... and the Rats[, and RINOs] in govt are trying...”
The truth, the WHOLE truth, and nothing but...
There’s no question this bill along with anti-BDS legislation violates the First Amendment, Massie is even better than Trump or DeSantis when it comes to this. I guess he has no plans to run for president any time soon or he wouldn’t have touched it. But good for him for sticking to his principles.
Is this bill going to go after the jews being assaulted by black New Yorkers?
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