Posted on 06/30/2023 2:52:45 AM PDT by Libloather
Michigan's House of Representatives has passed a hate speech bill, known as HB 4474, which criminalizes causing someone to feel threatened by words, including the misusing of their pronouns, with the possibility of a hefty fine or even jail time.
The bill introduces hate crime penalties for causing someone to 'feel terrorized, frightened, or threatened,' with 'sexual orientation' and 'gender identity or expression' included as protected classes.
Offenders could face up to five years in prison for such a felony offense or a $10,000 fine.
It is part of a continues effort by Democrats in the state to advance a pro-LGBTQ+ agenda in their first months in power.
The proposed legislation aims to replace the existing Ethnic Intimidation Act and extends protection against intimidation.
Critics argue that the bill poses a threat to First Amendment rights and lacks clarity in defining 'harassment', leaving it open to subjective interpretation.
The bill reads as follows: 'Intimidate' means a willful course of conduct involving repeated or continuing harassment of another individual that would cause a reasonable individual to feel terrorized, frightened, or threatened, and that actually causes the victim to feel terrorized, frightened, or threatened.'
If passed, penalties would be based on how the supposed victim and court 'feel' about a particular matter.
What constitutes as being deemed 'intimidation and harassment' would be up to the interpretation of the listener and a local prosecutor.
Critics argue that the legislation could infringe on free speech rights and undermine the principles of due process.
Michigan Democrats have made it a priority to further protect LGBTQ+ people since they took control of all levels of state government this year.
In March, lawmakers codified LGBTQ+ protections into the state's civil rights law, permanently outlawing discrimination on the basis of sexual orientation or gender identity in the state.
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Thete no such thing as permanently locking “x” into man-made laws; laws can be changed.
The Hell with locking up these Commie Perverts. Give them the Rosenberg Treatment.
Electrocute Them !!!!
I don’t see this surviving a legal challenge to the Supreme Court.
“… I don’t see this surviving a legal challenge to the Supreme Court...”
That isn’t the point. The point is to make life miserable for millions of normal people, destroy they livelihoods, and feed the irrational hate mongers on the left. It will take years and destroy thousands before this insanity reaches the SCOTUS. And…if the left succeeds in packing the court, it will stand.
Calling ACLU. Calling ACLU. Blatant civil rights violation in progress.
The slow march to tyranny goes on....
Buy weapons and ammo, folks. Lawfare is the democrat’s favorite weapon for now but look at france. democrats will bring out the third world rioters to justify a full government shooting war against all of us
So much for the bill if rights
That law won’t last 5 minutes in the Federal courts.
But is anyone taking names and numbers? I mean if a revolt does come it needs to be directed at those who are threatening our constitution.
Honestly I don’t see one coming. I mean look at how complacent the sheeple are over the border.
There was a time when the American Communist Lawyers’ Union defended Communists *and* Nazis. Today they only defend Communists.
It’s all about fear and intimidation.
The trick is to get someone willing to be charged who has the deep pockets or backing of same in order to survive the first few rounds of law fare and finance all the appeals.
The law is designed to terrorize and financially break the little people.
We are a banana republic.
Pronouns? It’s not enough.
We ought to go full Grammar Nazi and put people in jail for incorrect verb tenses — “He be going to the store every day and they be hassling him every time.” BANG! That’s got to be worth 5 years in the slammer.
No defending Joe Sixpack, though. Not ever.
It is very important to directly limit property taxation. I’m talking about not just limiting the rate (California style) or the taxed amount (Florida style), I mean the total amount. This can be done at the state level. If one state has property protective laws, then that state can be a refuge.
It really is not practical to shoot out way out of this mess.
We have to starve them out.
Bear in mind, teachers and bureaucrats making say $100,000/year will be loath to see their incomes taxed away.
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So all it now takes is a mere accusation, which nobody can even prove did harm.
The touch screens most cars have these days are far worse. You can’t operate them without looking at them, touching in a precise location, and thinking to follow instructions or navigate screens.
The test for control acceptability in cars should be operation while wearing gloves and blindfolded. This ensures you don’t have to take your eyes off the road, and no instructions are necessary.
Under the E. Jean Carroll precedent, the evil doers can be sued even 30 years later to recover their ill-gotten gains and to get just compensation for their legal harassment.
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