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Michigan residents could be charged with a felony, face up to five years in prison and get a $10,000 fine for using the wrong pronouns under 'unconstitutional' new bill
UK Daily Mail ^ | 6/30/2023 | James Gordon

Posted on 06/30/2023 4:58:09 AM PDT by fruser1

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.

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.

(Excerpt) Read more at dailymail.co.uk ...


TOPICS: News/Current Events
KEYWORDS: tyranny
I guess they feel safe enough to pass something like this now that the FBI has thinned out the Michigan militia groups.
1 posted on 06/30/2023 4:58:09 AM PDT by fruser1
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Is “F*** You” a pronoun? I think I be using that a lot.


2 posted on 06/30/2023 5:00:00 AM PDT by anton
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None dare call it Maoist.


3 posted on 06/30/2023 5:00:34 AM PDT by E. Pluribus Unum (The worst thing about censorship is ████ █ ██████ ███████ ███ ██████ ██ ████████. FJB.)
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Just another excuse to put young black men in prison


4 posted on 06/30/2023 5:01:20 AM PDT by AppyPappy (Biden told Al Roker "America is back". Unfortunately, he meant back to the 1970's)
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To: E. Pluribus Unum

Be creative Send a few liberals to jail for misgendering you and see what happens


5 posted on 06/30/2023 5:02:02 AM PDT by Josa
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Let's give Michigan to Canada..
6 posted on 06/30/2023 5:06:33 AM PDT by unread ("It's not enough that we do our best; sometimes we have to do what's required." W. Churchill.)
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Maybe the Detroit Lions could win The Grey Cup.


7 posted on 06/30/2023 5:08:02 AM PDT by dfwgator (Endut! Hoch Hech!)
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A wise high-level manager once told me, approximatly, never make a rule you know people won’t follow. You have authority based on your position, expertise or age, etc. But people following you or doing what you say is voluntary. Abuse that and you’ll lose all authority and leadership.

While the state has a monopoly on violence and punishment, Michigan has a high number of Muslims who WILL disobey. This would be poking the murder hornet’s nest. And, when the prisons are full of Muslims, what then? The UN and Amnesty International get involved? (Probably not, but you see some of the problems.)

Probably, these laws would only be enforced against white cis men. As someone in California pointed out, the property laws are only enforced against the white middle class. He pointed out the non-citizens near him who were in violation of lots of ordinances and no one bothered them. Also, a huge number of illegals have no license or insurance, and the cops usually did nothing about it. But the white middle class? Oh, yeah, turn the screws on them very hard.


8 posted on 06/30/2023 5:09:50 AM PDT by Gen.Blather (Wait! I said that out loud? )
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No muslim will be charged under this. It’s going to be like the wedding cake and photographer stuff. Christians and white males only.


9 posted on 06/30/2023 5:17:12 AM PDT by fruser1
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simple. to whom you address;: “ hey stupid”
to whom you answer: “i’m not!”


10 posted on 06/30/2023 5:19:13 AM PDT by Terry L Smith
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Put a productive citizen in jail for using the wrong word!

... one has a moral responsibility to disobey unjust laws.
 - Martin Luther King Jr.

Time to use these stupid laws creatively.

11 posted on 06/30/2023 5:23:47 AM PDT by BitWielder1 (I'd rather have Unequal Wealth than Equal Poverty.)
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