There are limits even to free speech (hate radio) In January, Oregon experienced two violent hate crimes. In Medford, a man from India was beaten because the attackers believed that he was an Arab. In Portland, blacks were targeted in a night of random attacks. Oregon has a history of hate crimes reaching back decades. The most notorious case in recent years was in 1988, when Skinheads murdered Mulegeta Seraw, an Ethiopian immigrant. In that case, a court awarded the victim’s family compensation from the White Aryan Resistance’s Tom Metzger, who had incited the Skinheads with his violent, racist...
