Anti-Trump-supporter Hate Crime?

Don’t expect the mainstream press to cover this. Man accused of pulling gun on victim wearing MAGA hat.

According to the alleged victim Terry Pierce, a man pulled a gun on him because he was wearing a Make America Great Again (MAGA) hat.

Witnesses and security cameras back up this story. The guy with the Trump-derangement syndrome is in custody, charged with “wanton endangerment first degree.” That doesn’t seem right to me. I’m no lawyer, but that seems more like assault, though I suppose the DA is free to change that in the future. There is much more at the link above.

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Finally a Way to Get Around Banks and Their Anti-gun Bias

I was wondering when something like this would show up. FREEDOM TO PROCESS.

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Hat tip to Gab, which has been booted off of many platforms for the crime of respecting Freedom of Speech.

“[We] have these values of free speech. And it’s not free speech in the abstract. The purpose of that kind of free speech is to make sure that we are forced to use argument and reason and words in making our democracy work. And, you know, you don’t have to be fearful of somebody spouting bad ideas. Just out-argue them. Beat ’em. Make the case as to why they’re wrong. Win over adherents. That’s how things work in a democracy.” Former President Obama. [Reference this link]

Thought Crimes in the Place Where Great Britain Used To Be

More like Airstrip One from Nineteen Eighty-Four every year. “We Need to Check Your Thinking”: UK Police Go After Thought Criminals.

A 53-year-old married father of four in England was interrogated by an officer from the Humberside Police Department for more than 30 minutes because he “liked” Twitter posts including a limerick, that was critical of transgender persons. The officer made it clear that police had tracked the man, Harry Miller, to his place of work after reviewing his personal Twitter account and would report him to his employer if the company had transgender employees on staff. The given reason was that Miller’s behavior had made the company an unsafe workplace for the transgendered. The real reason, of course, was to let Miller know in no uncertain terms that his livelihood was being threatened.

The cops admit there was “no crime,” but say there is a victim. So explain that.

From there, things got “sinister,” as Miller put it. “The cop told me that he needed to speak with me because, even though I’d committed no crime whatsoever, he needed (and I quote) ‘to check my THINKING!’ Seriously. Honestly,” Miller wrote. The officer then went on to lecture Miller about transgenderism before closing with a warning that, “I needed to watch my words more carefully or I was as risk of being sacked by the company for hate speech.”

As they say, go read the whole thing.

“When you’re so scared of a Conservative speaker that you threaten a student organization?”

Are there any parts of the Constitution or Bill of Rights that the Left is in favor of? Threat Made Against YAF For Sponsoring Shapiro’s GWU Speech Tonight. (On the 17th, actually.)

They definitely don’t like the 2nd Amendment. They don’t like religion or free speech. They looked the other way why the Right – and the War on (Some) Drugs ™ – decimated the 4th Amendment. (That doesn’t even touch the stupidity of F*c*book, Google, et al.) Maybe the 3rd Amendment is safe. (Since I doubt anyone in college today knows what the 3rd Amendment says without looking it up on Google.)

Anyway, posters were up around campus warning Young American’s Foundation (YAF) to get security. The campus authorities decided to ignore the threats.

Campus authorities are dismissive of this threat against YAF, reportedly saying it’s ‘most likely not a threat according to DC code.’ Looks like @GWtweets is another school that treats microaggressions as dire but refuses to take seriously threats against conservatives.

The poor dears on George Washington University are so triggered by the thought of other people listening to a speech that they disagree with, that they are moved to threats of violence. You would think they were being forced to listen to Ben, but they aren’t. Their attitude is, “You will not think thoughts that we do not approve of!”

In Defense of Free Speech

Free speech isn’t very popular among the Tech folks in Silicon Valley. They think they have the right to tell us what we can and cannot hear, or read. The domain Gab.com has landed at Epik.

To the casual observer, the case of Gab.com seems like it is something new. It is not. It is history repeating itself. While there are consequences to actions, there is also the proverbial risk of throwing out the baby with the bathwater. My hope, for all of our sakes, is that Gab.com treads wisely, using its liberty for the betterment of most, and the enlightenment of all.

gab Is Back On the Air

It took about a week, but Gab is back.

A social network that champions free speech, individual liberty and the free flow of information online. All are welcome.

And yes, some of the people are stupid, some people are extreme. Don’t listen to them (There is this little known feature where you can “unfollow” people on social media, if they piss you off.)

UK Focusing Too Much on Wrongthink

In the place where Great Britain used to be is a country that looks more like Airstrip One every year. Police need focus on violent crime, not hate crime, says UK’s top police officer.

“My officers are very busy, they are very stretched. We have young people in London subject to gang violence, getting involved in drug dealing, stabbings, lots and lots of priorities.

“We can’t go on increasing the scale of the mission, unless we are given more resources, or the public is prepared for us to do some things not very well.”

All of this is in the face of real problems.

It was allied to a surge in drug-related crime. “We have supply up, clear evidence that the production of cocaine is up, the purity is up, the price is down, addictions are up, deaths are up. It’s being played out by drugs gangs on the streets of our cities and towns across the country.”

They don’t have a guarantee for freedom of speech in the UK, and the .gov is more intent on limiting speech a little more every month.