According to you, what should the legal definition of "hate group" be?

ZombieHorde

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Sat Dec-11-10 02:44 PM
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According to you, what should the legal definition of "hate group" be?

What should the criteria be?

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Kaleva

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Sat Dec-11-10 02:48 PM
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1. All those that don't agree with me would meet the criteria

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Angry Dragon

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Sat Dec-11-10 02:53 PM
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3. +1000

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LostInAnomie

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Sat Dec-11-10 02:54 PM
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4. That's exactly right.

Only it should be applied to all those that don't agree with ME. So, you are a hate group.

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Kaleva

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Sat Dec-11-10 04:05 PM
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11. I'm somewhat overweight but not to the point of being an entire group!

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ZombieHorde

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Sat Dec-11-10 02:55 PM
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6. Funny. nt

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hlthe2b

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Sat Dec-11-10 02:50 PM
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2. I think Southern Povery Law Center's definition is a good start:

http://www.splcenter.org/get-informed/hate-map
All hate groups have beliefs or practices that attack or malign an entire class of people, typically for their immutable characteristics.

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ZombieHorde

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Sat Dec-11-10 02:54 PM
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5. Thanks for the interesting, yet scary, link. nt

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hlthe2b

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Sat Dec-11-10 03:00 PM
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8. I think when one spends some time on that site, reading their reports

Edited on Sat Dec-11-10 03:01 PM by hlthe2b

it becomes clear how inappropriate it is to throw that term "hate group" or "haters" around so freely and cavalierly.

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Jeffersons Ghost

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Sat Dec-11-10 03:03 PM
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9. I agree. that's a site everyone should visit

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hlthe2b

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Sat Dec-11-10 08:36 PM
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12. Anyone with a few extra $$ (as if...). SPLC and ACLU both

are highly deserving, given the work they do for ALL of us.

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ZombieHorde

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Sat Dec-11-10 03:38 PM
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10. Apparently, these people are in my town.

Church of the Creator

In Its Own Words
"We gird for total war against the Jews and the rest of the goddamned mud races of the world — politically, militantly, financially, morally and religiously. In fact, we regard it as the heart of our religious creed, and as the most sacred credo of all. We regard it as a holy war to the finish — a racial holy war. Rahowa! is INEVITABLE. … No longer can the mud races and the White Race live on the same planet."
— Founder Ben Klassen, 1987

http://www.splcenter.org/get-informed/intelligence-files/groups/creativity-movement

Scary.

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katnapped

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Sat Dec-11-10 02:56 PM
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7. Anyone who criticizes the president

Since that means they're a racist by definition (so say "some people" here)

That correct? :sarcasm:

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