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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]We need to confront this kind of thing EVERY time it happens, just like the woman who was standing up for herself and her son as well as the man who told him to get in the car and go.  [b]The response needs to be swift and immediate[/b].

Something similar happened to me in Bethesda (I'm a woman).  I look like a Latina, but I'm not.  I was in a crowded garage downtown Bethesda and pulled into a parking space. A man who thought the same space belonged to him although there was no physical way for him to pull into that space started SCREAMING at me, cursing, gesturing, signaling that he is going to get out of his car to attack me physically.  Another man spetted in and told the guy to get in the car and leave.  It was immediately done.

Two things, piss me off about both incidents.  The racial component, but also men attacking women thinking that we will just back down.  However, these p8ssies back down really fast when a man steps in because, as predicted, they are not brave or dangerous at all.

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What should the response be?  Public outcry/shaming?  Him losing his job?  Criminal charges?  Something else.[/quote]

All of the above.  Laws need to be updated to include punishment for this kind of behavior.

But just like the bystanders did here, film it and publically shame these racist morons.[/quote]

Thankfully we have the 1st amendment to override such laws, if they were to be passed. The government doesn't need to be policing speech, no matter how idiotic it is.[/quote]

Really? The first amendment covers hate speech and threats of violence? I wasn't aware. [/quote]

"hate speech" is protested by the 1st amendment, and that has been upheld by the Supreme Court numerous times:
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hate_speech_in_the_United_States#:~:text=The%20U.S.%20Supreme%20Court%20has,speech%20under%20the%20First%20Amendment.[/quote]

Common limitations or boundaries to freedom of speech relate to libel, slander, obscenity, pornography, sedition, [b]incitement, fighting words[/b], classified information, copyright violation, trade secrets, food labeling, non-disclosure agreements, the right to privacy, dignity, the right to be forgotten, public security, and perjury.[/quote]

I don't think what he said qualifies as either of those. [/quote]

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