Posted on 12/30/2022 10:43:42 PM PST by Olog-hai
During a hearing on anti-semitism today, Senator Ben Cardin (D-Md.) claimed that those who “espouse hate” are not protected under the First Amendment, and called for the federal government to be “more aggressive” in its efforts to combat hateful rhetoric.
Senator Cardin serves as the Chair of the Commission on Security and Cooperation in Europe (OSCE), which is also referred to as the Helsinki Commission. […]
On Dec. 13, the Helsinki Commission held a hearing entitled, “The Alarming Rise of Anti-Semitism and Its Threat to Democracy.”
During the hearing, Cardin stated, “If you espouse hate, if you espouse violence, you’re not protected under the First Amendment.”
“So I think we can be more aggressive in the way that we handle that type of use of the internet,” he added. “We know that Europe has done things, I think that we can learn from each other.” […]
Senator Cardin’s remark drew a response from the Foundation for Individual Rights and Expression (FIRE), a First Amendment advocacy group. FIRE retweeted a clip of the senator’s comments with the statement, “there is no ‘hate speech’ exception to the First Amendment.”
FIRE also included a link to their website where it explains that the “First Amendment recognizes that the government cannot regulate ‘hate speech’ without inevitably silencing the dissent and dialogue that democracy requires.” …
(Excerpt) Read more at cnsnews.com ...
To clarify: Hate Speech is protected, violent THREATS are not.
To clarify: Hate Speech is protected, violent THREATS are not.
This is the commission wannabe Trump assassin Roth went to meet in Washington...
You can also see a report on Semafor where they covered Routh in passing and his effort to raise volunteers for Ukraine.
According to the NY Times:
In the interview, Mr. Routh (ffuture wannabe assassin of Trump) said he was in Washington to meet with the U.S. Commission on Security and Cooperation in Europe, known as the Helsinki Commission “for two hours” to help push for more support for Ukraine. The commission is led by members of Congress and staffed by congressional aides. It is influential on matters of democracy and security and has been vocal in supporting Ukraine....——see Redstate
Hate = Disagreeing with a liberal
Alcee Hastings chairs CSCE.
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