A First Amendment Issue

By Kleinheider Posted on July 29, 2008 at 7:50 am

Katie Allison Granju seems to think that we should punish people for their thoughts:

The idea that hate crimes are not a real, distinct, particularly heinous type of criminal act is especially disturbing in post 9-11 America, where we should be even more grateful for and protective of our liberties. As that bastion of liberal philisophy, the FBI points out, “groups that preach hatred and intolerance plant the seeds of terrorism here in our country.”

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Tags: Are sociopaths even capable of "hate"?, First Amendment, Hate crime, thought crimes

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