Posted on 12/07/2015 10:37:13 AM PST by SkyPilot
Attorney General Loretta Lynch Monday appeared to recalibrate remarks she made last week that suggested the Justice Department could investigate speech deemed hostile towards Muslims.
"Of course, we prosecute deeds and not words," she said at a press conference Monday to announce an unrelated civil rights investigation into the Chicago Police Department.
Some conservatives criticized Lynch for her comments to a Muslim civil rights group, where she lamented "the ability of people to issue hateful speech of all types from the anonymity of a screen."
Speaking to a Muslim Advocates dinner in Arlington, Va., Lynch affirmed that "this is a country that is based upon free speech." However, she went on to suggest that the Justice Department would "take action" when such speech "edges towards violence, when we see the potential to lift...that mantle of anti-Muslim rhetoric."
First Amendment precedents generally protect speech, even hateful speech, from punishment unless the comments are intended to incite direct action against specific individuals or in a specific place.
Lynch's comments Monday seemed to better capture that balance by focusing on those who might act out, rather than those who may be fomenting trouble.
"We always have a concern when we see the rhetoric rising against any particular group in America, that it might inspire others to violent action — and that violent action is what we would have to deal with," Lynch told journalists at Justice Department headquarters. She also urged Americans "not to give into fear" in the wake of the apparent terrorist attack in California. "So, [what] we're focused on, obviously, is protecting all of the people under the ambit of the Department of Justice."
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I'll second that. Followed by an investigation as to how she got there in the first place.
Time for the basic fascist ideological outlook behind this clown of an AG words. NO worry about mass murdering fanatics, worry about the victims words reacting to the mass murdering thugs instead.
Bump
After hearing that a few million comments on conservative web sites said “Come and get me” followed by truthful statements about Islam, she backed off.
So if you commit FELONY EXTORTION in front of the entire US, and then “re-calibrate” your FELONIOUS EXTORTION DEMANDS, then all is OK??
What a Country!
I would ask the Attorney General if their are any people in the USA today who are not protected “under the ambit of the Department of Justice.” And if it is ok to speak with a rhetoric edging towards violence about them.
too late, baby!
ah’s done herd it from yo’ mout’, and yo is on my spit list.
No surprise worst President in USA managed to find the 2 worst AGs in US History.
And the grand enablers Orrin Hatch and Lindsay Graham said that she was A-OK in her confirmation hearings, and paved the way for her to take over DOJ from Holder.
Come November, perhaps We The People should take into account those in Congress who voted to affirm her and let them pack up and go home, ya think?
Idiots take offense to your statement!
Reality bit Loretty. :-)
Probably high level Military, National Security, Career Diplomat or Intelligence.
Perhaps this has something to do with it.
Intelligence Official on ISIS: ‘If the Public Knew the Truth, Obama Would be Impeached’
It is very likely that our leadership has been letting Obama run wild in the hopes that he be arrogant and overconfident in his ability to get away with treason and would overplay his hand by openly siding with the enemy, particularly ISIS and al -Qaeda
We have just had a serious attack by ISIS affiliated terrorists with credible evidence that ISIS is operating and openly recruiting, arming, training and planning terror operations in this country
Obama could have been warned that there are ways other than impeachment to remove a sitting President if the situation warrants it.
Barry must be on her radar, then, for his over-the-top rhetoric about Republicans.
Great. Our AG is an islamic terrorist sympathizer. Talk about vetting.
Lynch is a light-weight without a patriotic bone in her body.
She made sure the Tsarnaev ( marathon bomber) in Boston was all lawyered up so he would not be interrogated on his overseas connections. ( Malik’s info is also being rolled away into hiding, scrubbed in Pakistan). Lynch is a treasonous liberal fascist, right up there with Susan Rice and Valerie Jarret.
I demand equal protection under the law.
If someone says something hateful about whites, Prosecute.
If someone says something hateful about Roman Catholics, prosecute.
If someone says something hateful about Christians, prosecute.
If someone says something hateful about heterosexuals, prosecute.
That list goes on and on, just like the list of other people who are being handed an exemption from any decency.
Tilting the playing field to an opposite camber is NOT leveling it.
Now, the only people on the planet who practice jihad are Muslims. I don't want some SOB in my neighborhood, near my kid's school, hanging out in front of my church or workplace who just might decide today's the day they want to blow themselves up. No other group practices this particular brand of disturbing the peace. So I don't want any around. Simple enough, and not hate, but logical self-preservation.
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