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mullie1 - Posted - 02/25/2011: 13:38:42
quote:
Originally posted by jwgreene01quote:
Originally posted by mullie1quote:
Originally posted by jwgreene01
[quote]....Not relevant for the discussion.
definition of "lazy" - unwilling to do any work or make an effort
(sorry, back to the peanut gallery!)
Another projected unsavory and unfounded judgement
Edited by - mullie1 on 02/25/2011 13:41:18
KE - Posted - 02/25/2011: 13:39:16
quote:
Originally posted by Richard Dress
Ad hominems are fun, KE, but really, it's fine to talk about hate groups, especially in these times. We all agree that hate groups are bad. The point is what is real and what is political pap?
The problem is that it gets political and rather ridiculous when you see the list of suspects. You guys are joking, right? The KKK? The skinheads? They are the threat? Please. These guys are all beating each other up in prison or lined up waiting to get back in. The only halfway serious bunch is the NBPP, but you won't see them on TV these days. Look around you and see the real hate groups running around right under your nose.
I just checked some news sites on the web and I saw video of lots of violent people, I saw union thuggery, I saw unions calling for blood in the streets, I saw reporters being beat down.
All this is irrelevant and instead we must go after boogeymen in sheets? That's your story, is it?
jwgreene01 - Posted - 02/25/2011: 13:48:46
quote:
Originally posted by KEquote:
Originally posted by jwgreene01
KE,
FYI, had you researched, you would have found NO Congressional or Judicial definition of "Hate Group" for the some of the reasons posted in this thread by other members along with constitutional issues. The simple fact is the term was fabricated and propagandized by SPLC for raising donation money for personal gain and promotion of SPLC ideology.
As previously stated by other members selective determination of groups as “Hate Groups” is subjective classification at best and is perpetrated by SPLC for use on individuals or groups by projecting unfavorable labels to persuade public opinion, shut down dissenting opinions or de-legitimize opposing causes in order to promote their ideology or agenda.
You proposed it, not I. I know you wanted to put up a strawman, but why? It avoids the central argument.
There are clearly statutory definitions of hate crime; a group practicing a hate crime would reasonably be called a hate group.
I submit it is very important to identify and call out those groups practicing the definition I gave. The SPLC has done so. I wouldn't care who has done so -- the practice of hate deserves universal condemnation.
At least nobody here has yet publicly admitted to defending the groups cited as hate groups. There is at least that much discomfort exhibited.
mullie1 - Posted - 02/25/2011: 13:56:25
quote:
Originally posted by Richard Dress
Ad hominems are fun, KE, but really, it's fine to talk about hate groups, especially in these times. We all agree that hate groups are bad. The point is what is real and what is political pap?
The problem is that it gets political and rather ridiculous when you see the list of suspects. You guys are joking, right? The KKK? The skinheads? They are the threat? Please. These guys are all beating each other up in prison or lined up waiting to get back in. The only halfway serious bunch is the NBPP, but you won't see them on TV these days. Look around you and see the real hate groups running around right under your nose.
I just checked some news sites on the web and I saw video of lots of violent people, I saw union thuggery, I saw unions calling for blood in the streets, I saw reporters being beat down.
All this is irrelevant and instead we must go after boogeymen in sheets? That's your story, is it?
KE - Posted - 02/25/2011: 13:59:25
Responding to jwgreene01 just above:
They (SLPC) can define it as they wish! As can you or I. Sure, they have no legal authority to prosecute. But if you and I aren't willing to exercise moral authority through legitimate social action to condemn racism, sexism, homophobia, ethnic persecution, then I consider us to be culpable for the effects of violence. That's what free speech is for -- we have the right, if not the obligation.
Sultans of Claw - Posted - 02/25/2011: 14:01:57
Odd that the FBI would consider them a resource. Go figure.
Richard Dress - Posted - 02/25/2011: 14:04:35
"I have asked which groups the SPLC has cited as a hate group you support and why. Let's start by discussing that, if possible." -- KE
Are you serious with a question like that? An educated person would only resort to that kind of trickery because ...
You know, I can't figure it out. I know that you might be using your education to fool people with an old slick sophist trick, but I would rather think that you got caught with the 15 minute rule. Otherwise, upon reflection, you would have edited it out right?
Sultans of Claw - Posted - 02/25/2011: 14:05:55
You'd have to define deep, first Ken, and then runs, and oh yeah, I forgot conspiracy and the.
Edited by - Sultans of Claw on 02/25/2011 14:07:25
dlc - Posted - 02/25/2011: 14:08:28
The only thing I'm going to say on this topic is I can't help wondering about the warped mindset that sees ALL disagreement as hate, ALL opposition as extremism, ALL disapproval as intolerance and ALL voting as partisanship.
Carry on.
Edited by - dlc on 02/25/2011 14:09:28
KE - Posted - 02/25/2011: 14:11:43
quote:
Originally posted by Richard Dress
"I have asked which groups the SPLC has cited as a hate group you support and why. Let's start by discussing that, if possible." -- KE
Are you serious with a question like that? An educated person would only resort to that kind of trickery because ...
You know, I can't figure it out. I know that you might be using your education to fool people with an old slick sophist trick, but I would rather think that you got caught with the 15 minute rule. Otherwise, upon reflection, you would have edited it out right?
KE - Posted - 02/25/2011: 14:14:05
Just to be sure there's no misunderstanding, I'm posting it twice.
quote:
Originally posted by Richard Dress
"I have asked which groups the SPLC has cited as a hate group you support and why. Let's start by discussing that, if possible." -- KE
Are you serious with a question like that? An educated person would only resort to that kind of trickery because ...
You know, I can't figure it out. I know that you might be using your education to fool people with an old slick sophist trick, but I would rather think that you got caught with the 15 minute rule. Otherwise, upon reflection, you would have edited it out right?
Richard Dress - Posted - 02/25/2011: 14:15:44
"The real hate groups are the Black Panthers" -- M
I am sorry I can't get thru your post; it reads like a logical maze. But I am very disappointed that you didn't see that I credited the NBPP as being the most savvy and effective of those nitwits on the list. After that misreading, you lost me. I mean you really did.
KE - Posted - 02/25/2011: 14:18:37
I rather thought mullie1's post captured it clear as a bell. Hard to misunderstand.
Forrest - Posted - 02/25/2011: 14:19:35
quote:
Originally posted by KE
I have not seen videos of violent people with union thuggery calling for blood on the streets. I may not watch the same news sources as you do, so please give a citation. I've seen lots of people protesting with signs with which one may or may not disagree, but no violence. Name-calling, certainly.
djingodjango - Posted - 02/25/2011: 14:22:28
This thread is in it's seventh page. And no one is closer then when it began. I'm quite surprised it hasn't been locked.
I'm just sayin'
God bless
George
KE - Posted - 02/25/2011: 14:26:05
Ah, thanks. I did see that. My thought was his comment meant taking to the streets despite the risk that somebody opposed may bloody you. Unions have certainly faced violent crackdowns before in history. I did not see it as a call to violence, but a call to action in the face of potential violence in opposition to your protest. But we may be interpreting it much differently, and it pays to mind your words.
Sultans of Claw - Posted - 02/25/2011: 14:31:03
quote:
Originally posted by KE
Ah, thanks. I did see that. My thought was his comment meant taking to the streets despite the risk that somebody opposed may bloody you. Unions have certainly faced violent crackdowns before in history. I did not see it as a call to violence, but a call to action in the face of potential violence in opposition to your protest. But we may be interpreting it much differently, and it pays to mind your words.
Edited by - Sultans of Claw on 02/25/2011 14:32:39
Richard Dress - Posted - 02/25/2011: 14:33:46
"I am very serious. I've asked several times, so obviously no remorse about posing the question to you." --KE
OK, but first clear something up for me. I heard there was a recent blog on the topic "the Canine as a Marital Surrogate" and I wondered if you now regret being the OP? I'd like to know where we stand on this. After all, these kind of questions are apparently allowed in your view of critical thinking. So please let me put just this one in play and see how you handle it before I try your 'wife-beater'. I am not very good at this, you know. I always try to avoid sophistry, it complicates our thinking and once more diverts everyone's attention from the central point.
KE - Posted - 02/25/2011: 14:35:28
quote:
Originally posted by djingodjango
This thread is in it's seventh page. And no one is closer then when it began. I'm quite surprised it hasn't been locked.
I'm just sayin'
God bless
George
jwgreene01 - Posted - 02/25/2011: 14:38:08
quote:
Originally posted by mullie1quote:
Originally posted by jwgreene01quote:
Originally posted by mullie1quote:
Originally posted by jwgreene01
[quote]....Not relevant for the discussion.
definition of "lazy" - unwilling to do any work or make an effort
(sorry, back to the peanut gallery!)
Another projected unsavory and unfounded judgement
Uhm, no..quite the contrary, sorry. You were asked to provide your own definition(s) and continued for several posts to reflect the question back at others rather than researching it yourself. The definition of laziness.
KE - Posted - 02/25/2011: 14:41:12
quote:
Originally posted by Richard Dress
"I am very serious. I've asked several times, so obviously no remorse about posing the question to you." --KE
OK, but first clear something up for me. I heard there was a recent blog on the topic "the Canine as a Marital Surrogate" and I wondered if you now regret being the OP? I'd like to know where we stand on this. After all, these kind of questions are apparently allowed in your view of critical thinking. So please let me put just this one in play and see how you handle it before I try your 'wife-beater'. I am not very good at this, you know. I always try to avoid sophistry, it complicates our thinking and once more diverts everyone's attention from the central point.
BanjoLink - Posted - 02/25/2011: 14:55:05
quote:
Originally posted by KE
Ah, thanks. I did see that. My thought was his comment meant taking to the streets despite the risk that somebody opposed may bloody you. Unions have certainly faced violent crackdowns before in history. I did not see it as a call to violence, but a call to action in the face of potential violence in opposition to your protest. But we may be interpreting it much differently, and it pays to mind your words.
BanjoLink - Posted - 02/25/2011: 15:04:52
OK - you wanted some names of some groups labeled as "hate groups" by the SPLC! How about these -
Concerned Women for America, the Traditional Values Coalition, the Family Research Council and the National Organization for Marriage.
The Family Research Council is the organization run by Tony Perkins, a conservative christian based organization promoting family values. Apparently, a hate group is now a mainstream christian group that plainly states that they do not hate anyone. No, Westborough Baptist Church is not mainstream and should be condemned by everyone.
Sultans of Claw - Posted - 02/25/2011: 15:08:24
quote:
Originally posted by jwgreene01
As for my own definitions, they may or may not coincide with your definitions making them neutrally invalid.
slabounty - Posted - 02/25/2011: 15:13:10
I believe the FRC is on the list based on this ... tpmdc.talkingpointsmemo.com/20...itary.php. Basically saying that homosexual rape of heteros will increase if DADT is repealed in the armed forces. Sounds like hate speech to me.
Scott
KE - Posted - 02/25/2011: 15:17:46
quote:
Originally posted by BanjoLink
OK - you wanted some names of some groups labeled as "hate groups" by the SPLC! How about these -
Concerned Women for America, the Traditional Values Coalition, the Family Research Council and the National Organization for Marriage.
The Family Research Council is the organization run by Tony Perkins, a conservative christian based organization promoting family values. Apparently, a hate group is now a mainstream christian group that plainly states that they do not hate anyone. No, Westborough Baptist Church is not mainstream and should be condemned by everyone.
jwgreene01 - Posted - 02/25/2011: 15:18:50
quote:
Originally posted by KE
Responding to jwgreene01 just above:
They (SLPC) can define it as they wish! As can you or I. Sure, they have no legal authority to prosecute. But if you and I aren't willing to exercise moral authority through legitimate social action to condemn racism, sexism, homophobia, ethnic persecution, then I consider us to be culpable for the effects of violence. That's what free speech is for -- we have the right, if not the obligation.
Richard Dress - Posted - 02/25/2011: 15:24:43
Well, there is a man who doubles down to the very end. There is something admirable in that kind of dedication. Wife Beating questions are OK. I wonder if there are any limits to discussion in your rule book. I myself would balk at admitting to serial bestiality.
Let's review the list:
Nation of Islam (Black Separatist)- a has-been organization, nobody cares anymore, they sell newspapers
New Black Panther Party (Black Separatist) - a nonentity right now, probably had to go back to Harvard for IInd semester
Aryan Nations 88 (Neo-Nazi)
Volksfront (Racist skinhead)
Blood and Honor (Racist Skinhead)
Council of Conservative Citizens (White Nationalist)
Conservative Citizens Foundation (White Nationalist)
The above are all incarceration social organizations, I guess. They are very exclusive and we are not like to be seeing them running around on the street.
The Council of Conservative Citizens (CCC)
Traditionalist American Knights of the Ku Klux Klan (Ku Klux Klan)
I know nothing about these guys but I think they are somehow involved in the Melungeon conspiracy.
To sum up, you ask which have been unfairly accused of being a hate group.
Well, I don't really care about them one way or another so I don't care if they were unfairly identified, as you say. You can take them all or none, as far as I am concerned. But it seems like a joke to me to get all excited about these obscure weirdos and ignore the hate that flares in the streets right now. Why this selective vision? Why this insistence on spending money for SPLC detectives to root out society's halt and lame (morally and mentally speaking) when the real danger is right in our face?
(As an aside I counted nine organizations on the list, so I must have miscounted--but seven out of the nine are ideologically rooted in socialism and the other two are probably on Social Security.)
KE - Posted - 02/25/2011: 15:26:55
Responding to jwgreene01 above:
That's the nature of great civil debate. But it's not all individual -- we do develop a collective morality through consensus and tradition. That collective morality becomes enforceable through mores and laws. And that is why it is important to allow the discussion, and to allow the SLPC to call out hate as they see it. It's not that long ago that those categories (race, for only one example) were treated very differently than today. And gender and gender orientation are evolving at different paces as well. But as individuals we all come along at different rates as we evolve, and there are some backwaters that need to be called out.
Edited by - KE on 02/25/2011 15:27:46
jwgreene01 - Posted - 02/25/2011: 15:27:45
quote:
Originally posted by KEquote:
Originally posted by BanjoLink
OK - you wanted some names of some groups labeled as "hate groups" by the SPLC! How about these -
Concerned Women for America, the Traditional Values Coalition, the Family Research Council and the National Organization for Marriage.
The Family Research Council is the organization run by Tony Perkins, a conservative christian based organization promoting family values. Apparently, a hate group is now a mainstream christian group that plainly states that they do not hate anyone. No, Westborough Baptist Church is not mainstream and should be condemned by everyone.
Thank you!
You may very well support the aims of those groups. The SPLC may very well identify them as anti-homosexual; and I doubt those organizations would disagree. The SPLC, exercising it's rights of free speech may identify them as hate groups on the basis of words and deeds, which we may now cite as evidence as long as they are not political.
mullie1 - Posted - 02/25/2011: 15:29:01
quote:
Originally posted by jwgreene01
......Unfortunately for the unfounded judgement statement I already knew there was no Congressional or Judicial definition of Hate group. That pesky constitution sure can be inconvenient. 0 for 2 is not a very good batting avg. I guess thats why they have peanut galleries.
As for my own definitions, they may or may not coincide with your definitions making them neutrally invalid.
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KE - Posted - 02/25/2011: 15:30:27
Did I not use the words "I doubt" rather than "they would"?
Keep the faith.
Edit: What do you think the odds are that those groups are endorsing homosexuality.
Edited by - KE on 02/25/2011 15:32:53
jwgreene01 - Posted - 02/25/2011: 15:48:57
quote:
Originally posted by KE
Did I not use the words "I doubt" rather than "they would"?
Keep the faith.
Edit: What do you think the odds are that those groups are endorsing homosexuality.
Edited by - jwgreene01 on 02/25/2011 15:57:48
KE - Posted - 02/25/2011: 15:59:27
Umm, no edit. Check the post and you'll see none. Just pointing out that by saying "I doubt" it should have been clear it was my personal assessment, as opposed to "they would" which would suggest some knowledge of their position. As far as I know, I'm the ultimate authority on my beliefs. Seems picky, at any rate.
Rick Anderson - Posted - 02/25/2011: 16:45:04
I hate hate groups. Maybe we should start a group called I hate hate groups. Sorry, couldn't resist trying to bring some humor into this tense thread.
edavidt - Posted - 02/25/2011: 16:47:49
Interesting thread. Upon reading all 8 pages, I laughed a bit.
I am wondering if it would move to a more precise place if someone identified what they thought was a "hate crime."
For example:
csmonitor.com/USA/Justice/2011...igilantes
Was this a hate crime, based on definitions and thought discussed so far?
jwgreene01 - Posted - 02/25/2011: 16:49:24
Either way its worded is still making unqualified presumptions.
Yes, you are the master of your moral domain without having your morals subjagated to other arbitrairy moral beliefs (which is a considable point here).
I'm not saying SPLC can't voice their opinion. The questions arises from SPLC constant revision of its arbitrary criteria. Which there is overwhelming evidence suggesting it targets groups/individuals who oppose their ideology and/or agenda diminishing any credibility and exposing them once again.
Sultans of Claw - Posted - 02/25/2011: 17:22:08
quote:
Originally posted by edavidt
Interesting thread. Upon reading all 8 pages, I laughed a bit.
I am wondering if it would move to a more precise place if someone identified what they thought was a "hate crime."
edavidt - Posted - 02/25/2011: 17:24:39
Yes, I know, but I was thinking if we could agree on some actual examples of hate crimes, then we could move from deductive thinking to inductive thinking.
Sultans of Claw - Posted - 02/25/2011: 17:33:32
quote:
Originally posted by edavidt
Yes, I know, but I was thinking if we could agree on some actual examples of hate crimes, then we could move from deductive thinking to inductive thinking.
kipperr - Posted - 02/25/2011: 17:36:38
quote:
Originally posted by edavidt
csmonitor.com/USA/Justice/2011...igilantes
Was this a hate crime, based on definitions and thought discussed so far?
Sultans of Claw - Posted - 02/25/2011: 17:44:21
Or, in response to an aggregate of incidents:
civilrights.org/monitor/vol8_n...art4.html
Edited by - Sultans of Claw on 02/25/2011 17:44:45
KE - Posted - 02/25/2011: 17:46:11
Billy Jack parses the question:
youtube.com/watch?v=jXXyms5g5o...e=related
Sultans of Claw - Posted - 02/25/2011: 17:48:04
Again, in response to an aggregate of incidents:
prochoice.org/pubs_research/pu...e_act.pdf
edavidt - Posted - 02/25/2011: 17:54:18
quote:
Originally posted by KE
Billy Jack parses the question:
youtube.com/watch?v=jXXyms5g5o...e=related
Sultans of Claw - Posted - 02/25/2011: 17:54:29
And this one pretty well defines what constitutes a "group":
law.cornell.edu/uscode/18/usc_...000-.html
fivebranch - Posted - 02/25/2011: 17:58:25
quote:
Originally posted by Sultans of Claw
And this one pretty well defines what constitutes a "group":
law.cornell.edu/uscode/18/usc_...000-.html
Ronnie - Posted - 02/25/2011: 18:03:17
Two neo-nazis, Cowart and Schlesselman from my area had plans to assassinate Obama after a state-to-state spree of murdering black people. They were arrested by local authorities and incarcerated in our county jail. This was apparently nipped in the bud before anyone was killed. I don't know the final outcome of the case. I think this would qualify as a hate crime.
KE - Posted - 02/25/2011: 18:15:03
Here's a local paper article with FAQ's about state and federal statutes along with legislative history.
stlbeacon.org/content/view/102548/487/
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