Posted on 06/10/2023 11:36:34 AM PDT by WmShirerAdmirer
LANSING, Mich. A Michigan House committee plans to hold a hearing on Tuesday regarding two bills that would amend the penal code and make vaguely defined “hate” speech a felony subject to severe penalties.
House Bills 4474 and 4475 state, “A person is guilty of a hate crime if that person intimidates or harasses another individual; causes bodily injury or severe mental anguish to another individual; uses force or violence on another individual; damages, destroys, or defaces any real, personal, digital, or online property of another individual; or threatens, by word or act, to do any of the above described actions, if the person, regardless of the existence of any other motivating factors, intentionally targets the individual or engages in the action based in whole or in part on any of the following actual or perceived characteristics of another individual.”
Among other things, the bill covers anything that could disparage a person’s race, religion, sexual orientation, gender identity, disability, or age.
“Under this amended criminal statute if you speak out against abortion, teenage transgender males showering with females and taking their spots on women’s teams, illegal immigrants flooding our nation, or simply refuse to use a person’s preferred pronouns, you will be prosecuted for a felony and can receive up to 5 years in prison and be fined $10,000.00,” attorney David Kallman wrote over the weekend. “But rest assured this law will not be enforced equally. If you want to attack pro-life pregnancy centers, assault others, or burn government buildings like Antifa, BLM, and other leftist groups, feel free to continue with your lawless behavior. This law is not meant for you.”
https://www.legislature.mi.gov/(S(2hqz0ybl5xu02zznhjwfd1im))/milegPrint.aspx?page=BillStatus&objectname=2023-HB-4474
https://www.legislature.mi.gov/(S(jfhciitezxxv5yfazplqajql))/mileg.aspx?page=BillStatus&objectname=2023-HB-4475
How about those who experience severe mental anguish upon the realization they have lost their first amendment constitutional right by an illegitimate authoritarian regime?
bttt
Not by Michigan Supreme court where majority is Dem.
Weimar
Many gun owners in Michigan that a felony might not agree with.
The election was stolen.
Sounds like the progs are going to get a huge bite in the butt from this one.
The whole "intimidates or harasses another individual; causes bodily injury or severe mental anguish to another individual; uses force or violence on another individual; damages, destroys, or defaces any real, personal, digital, or online property of another individual; or threatens, by word or act, to do any of the above described actions" thing is their entire schtick.
Gonna need some gopros but if the progs take this road they could get chewed up a spat out.
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The hate is more from the left, today.
A campaign sign on your lawn could be considered hate speech
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What about a sign that says, “I love you”.
That ‘you’ is probably NOT someone’s preferred pronoun, so to jail with you (oops).
/bingo
(and it always has been)
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