[Vaquero]

I do not hedge my words I speak my mind. I tip toe around nothing.

When my now 23 year old son was in HS some brain dead kid scratched a little swaztka into the paint on an old car I let the boy drive. I was upset about someone damaging my car, not the ‘content’. My son complained at the main offce. Some assistant principal called me and told me this was a serious HATE CRIME. BALONEY I replied. There are only crimes. Whoever did it damaged my car PERIOD! I then told the principal to keep his 1984/Brave New World Thought Crimes to himself.

I’m sick of all this sensitivity crap

[grania]

I agree that there are no "hate crimes". Crime is crime, and should be treated as such.

I agree with you about the sensitivity issue. Being "sensitive" has so affected what people say that it's destroyed freedom of speech.

My point is that avoiding direct unverifiable verbal attacks on people and using qualifiers is all it takes to avoid being accused of being a hater.