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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]Yes, I hope the police can investigate to see if all these hate crimes are related. People are accusing Whitman students and hating on white rich people, of course.[/quote]

What was the crime?[/quote]

Yeah, leaving these fliers is vile and hateful, but not illegal. (Vandalizing property, as at Whitman or the Capital Crescent Trail, is another matter.)

I still think unlikely they're related, though -- why would you assume there's just one Jew-hater running around out there? All the evidence recently would seem to suggest there are, unfortunately, quite a few.[/quote]

It is hate speech which can be criminalized when it directly invites criminal activity or consists of violent threats against a specific person or group.[/quote]

I’m the OP

We read it thoroughly and there was nothing in the entire pamphlet that could even arguably meet either of those criteria. There was nothing inciting violence, nothing that was a overt or even implied threat against an individual or a group, and no racial or ethic slurs. It’s almost as though it’s been “lawyered”.

Is it “hate speech”? I dunno. I think hate speech is sorta like pornography: “you can’t really define it but you know it when you see it”. That’s why I’m undecided. But I’m wary of labeling anything and everything that offends me as hate speech. That diminishes and dilutes examples of actual hate speech, which should shock and offend everyone.  I suspect the moron who left this on our front walk thinks he hates us, but in terms of hair splitting legal standards, I don’t think this qualifies as hate speech itself. Most of the text itself is quotes from various people “featured” on the pamphlet. It’s their own words. Readers have to conjecture their own conclusions based on the context.

Like I said, I’d have a begrudging respect for this small (literally and figuratively) man if he’d had the courage to knock on the door and hand it to me. The best way to fight ignorance and prejudice is to meet those who you harbor stereotypes about. This guy probably doesn’t even personally know a Jew. Only what he’s been told by other morons. [/quote]

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