There is something pressing on my mind that I feel the need to talk about. It's hate groups. Hate groups are living and breathing stronger than ever thanks to the internet. The argument that many hate groups use to breed is Freedom of Speech. The funny thing is that many of these groups are so hateful that they would like nothing more than to see America fail. So should they be able to hide behind the 1st amendment?
In my opinion, I believe once you denounce a country, you forfeit your rights to be protected by them. Hate groups are a form of terrorism and need to be stopped. While I do feel that everyone should be able to have their own opinion, I think that ultimately you have to respect the liberties of others around you.
I don't think that ANYONE should have the ability to cause another's life misery through hate speech or violence. It's disgusting.
Where I live, there is a very well known hate group that is coming for a visit to protest around area high schools. The cowards picked a day that the kids are going to be testing so that they will be subjected to this hate. We are holding a peaceful counter protest to see if we can block them from causing these students emotional distress.
One of my favorite informative sites to stop hate is Tolerance.org. Tolerance.org is run by the Southern Poverty Law Center which worked with Rosa Parks up until her passing. Their site is wonderful!
For those of us who are living our lives online, I ask you to stand up to hate and stop forwarding racist and or sexist jokes, I ask you to stop LOL'ing at hateful remarks, and stop using "gay" as a derogatory adjective.
You can also sign up for this facebook page which is working to erase hate in the US:
http://www.facebook.com/#!/pages/Erase-Hate-in-the-US/113325505369795?ref=sgm
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