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A radical newsletter in the struggle for peace and justice. ... “Angry speech has become the norm in American religion from both the right and the left. Words are spoken which, when taken seriously, lead directly to violence by the unhinged and/or the truly committed.”...
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CAN SYMBOLIC ACTION do literal violence? Can speech cause bodily pain? Are we physically safe from hate speech and cruelty of lovers behind Cartesian firewalls separating mind from body, meaning from matter? Or do emotions breach those barriers and make us as vulnerable to words as to fists?
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Hate speech - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
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Hate Speech. Language can demean one's sense of dignity. Language can induce insecurity and fear. Language can cause palpable physical. reactions. ...
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“Jackson has been talking to members of Congress about prohibiting the use of hate language in mass media […]. If so, let us hope those talks don't get far. ... It is easy to agree with Jackson that hate speech divides society and can lead to violence, but if we let Congress decide which speech is and isn't hateful,
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“Angry speech has become the norm in American religion from both the right and the left. Words are spoken which, when taken seriously, lead directly to violence by the unhinged and/or the truly committed.” ... What good is a condemnation of Tiller's murder if the hate speech that often inspires -- perhaps even drives --
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One problem with this line of argument: what do you do when you have real evidence that hate speech does lead to violence, injury, even death? As in Germany before and after the Nazis came to power.
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None of these things fit as a cause that results in stupid, senseless violence. Why? Because people need to look inward and take ...
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The wake of the Oklahoma City bombing is causing heated discussion of "hate speech" and its nexus to the right of free speech guaranteed by the First Amendment. We have heard numerous proclamations that you can't yell fire in a crowded theater. ... Zimbabwean Violence Reappears in South Africa...
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