Downing‚ in “’Hate Speech’ and ‘First Amendment absolutism’ discourses in the US‚” makes many challenging arguments against the First Amendment right to freedom of speech‚ specifically when applied to hate speech. One of the best arguments against hate speech he makes is in the case of a minority group who are scared to speak against forms of oppression. “Thus women or ethnic minority
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Hate. We all say hate all the time. For example‚ if you having an argument with your friend‚ you might say‚ “I hate you!” Do you mean it? No‚ you say it because you are mad. Also‚ if you are forced to do something‚ you might say‚ “I hate that.” Even worse‚ there are hate crimes because of someone’s color‚ religion or disability. The FBI statistics Report about hate crimes stated 53.6% were racial‚ 18.2% were religious‚ and 11.4% were against the disabled. These types of crimes have been going
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Student Name Teacher English 10H Period 3 14 December 2012 KKK:Evidence of Fear Behind Hate "We promise to protect the weak‚ the innocent‚ and the defenseless from the indignities‚ wrongs‚ and outrages of the lawless‚the violent‚ and the brutal; to relieve the injured and the oppressed; to succor the suffering and unfortunate‚ and especially the widows and orphans of Confederate soldiers" -Oath of the Ku Klux Klan Since the 1860s‚ white Southerners have always held a higher status than African
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The Theme of Love and Hate William Shakespeare is a famous author of many popular plays. Shakespeare plays are still famous today‚ and studied in schools and drama clubs everywhere. The most famous play written by William Shakespeare is Romeo and Juliet. In Romeo and Juliet‚ there are such extreme opposite opinions about love and hate. In scene 1‚ act 1‚ Romeo says “Being purged‚ a fire sparkling in lovers’ eyes; Being vex’d a sea nourish’d with lovers’ tears: What is it else? A madness
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today. It has taken years and years of fighting that our people are known as equal men & women. I think that Franklin employed a lot of symbolism to have a sense of flow with his arguments. In the title‚ “The Train from Hate”‚ it simply states that the train is the representation of hate. At that time‚ trains were the only mode of transportation. Franklin noted that the different coaches took a set of colored people and non-colored people. Therefore‚ everything was separated and the blacks were discriminated
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or sexual orientation are all classified as hate crimes. Targets of these crimes include‚ individuals‚ businesses‚ or even society as a whole.(fbi.gov) “Hate crime legislation at the federal or state level takes on four specific forms: (1) statutes defining hate crimes as substantive offenses‚ (2) sentence enhancement‚ (3) statistics collection‚ and (4) civil remedies.” (” www.ncjrs.gov”) As part of a larger initiative to combat violent crime‚ The Hate Crimes Sentencing Enhancement act was put in
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Not Out of Hate: A Novel of Burma. By MA MA LAY. Translated by MARGARETAUNG-THWIN. Edited by WILLIAM H. FREDERICK. Athens: Ohio University Center for International Studies. Not Out Of Hate was Ma Ma Lay’s fifth and perhaps best novel published in Burma in 1955‚ as a result‚ she was conferred with a government literary prize. The translation of the novel which was initially published in Burmese into English rendered scholars and readers alike a glimpse into pre-world war II Burmese society
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An example of this would be the increase in hate crimes by “as much as 88%” This hate has stemmed from the age-old principles of American Conservatives‚ to hate any foreigners. “From the Italian to the Jews‚ Conservatives have always been unaccepting.” Hate crimes against Muslims have increased dramatically since 2001. Statistics say that hate crimes against Muslims went up 90% immediately after 9/11. These hate crimes played a very significant role in making Middle Eastern
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When the Hate Crime Statistics Act was passed‚ signed into law and reauthorized‚ it did not include hate crimes against women as a class (The Leadership Conference ). Since there is no official inclusion of gender-based crimes associated with the Hate Crime Statistics Act‚ the statistics and tracking of increase or decrease of these crimes are not apart of federal law or the Uniform Crime Reporting (UCR) of hate crime and remain unknown (Criminal Justice). However‚ there are still various hate crimes
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Adolf Hitler used the Jews as a scapegoat‚ blaming them for Germany’s economic and social problems. His Nazi party promised to resolve these issues‚ and in 1932 won most of the vote. Many members of the German public were bystanders and did nothing to condemn the Nazi Anti-Semitic policies. This may have been due to the fact that they were content with other Nazi policies‚ which appeared to improve the disastrous financial and economic conditions in Germany. People were also afraid to speak out‚
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