What is a hate crime, and what is not: News links 1 for August 20, 2024

1. Guy beaten at DNC for saying “F*ck Palestine” apparently.

2. UK Man Gets 3 Years for Islam Tweet, Muslim Gets Suspended Sentence for Threatening Jews with Knife

A man who posted material on social media to stir up racial hatred during recent unrest across the UK has been jailed for three years.
Wayne O’Rourke, who had more than 90,000 followers to his X account, posted misinformation about the killing of three young girls in Southport on 29 July and praised the burning of a car in Sunderland.

The 35-year-old, of Salix Approach, Lincoln, admitted publishing written material online to stir up racial hatred between 28 July and 8 August.

Sentencing him at Lincoln Crown Court, Judge Catarina Sjolin Knight told him: “You were not caught up in what others were doing, you were instigating it.”

She added: “The flames fanned by keyboard warriors like you.”

The court heard among his posts on 29 July was a reference to the death of the three children in Southport, alleging it was a terrorist attack carried out by a Muslim.

The number of Muslims sentenced to anything for posting misinformation about events in Israel or the UK to justify violence is zero. Even driving around in a car making direct in person threats, not ‘keyboard warrior’ nonsense, is no big deal.

Well, the good news for Wayne is he won’t serve more than a few months of his 3 years. The bad news is it’s because he will likely be murdered in prison Kevin Krehan style as he insulted Islam. Kevin was murdered in prison after I think it was 6 months of a longer sentence for putting a strip of bacon on a mosque doorknob. A charge that should never have bothered a cop and at worst would be littering. And this is why we muct never have hate-crimes charges in a free society. When someone commits a crime to a person or property, motive can affect the sentence as it always has. Why someone does something genuinely criminal is something a judge takes into consideration when passing a sentence for an actual crime. Now,. thanks to ‘hate-speech’ laws, people will die in prison for doing things that had no actual consequences. Or worse, telling the public the truth about things that they may use to fight back against state narratives.

The only real crime today is being a counter-revolutionary. The more effective you are, the faster you get arrested for something or other. “Show me the man and I’ll find you the crime”, said one of Stalin’s enforcers. Make sense now?

3. Something to keep in mind for the weeks ahead as school attempts to start

4. Back to the issue of what is and what isn’t a hate crime. Imam in Canada, Aug 2, 2024

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5. This is interesting:
Liberals, U.S. embassy, some civil servants withdraw from Ottawa Pride parade over pro-Palestinian stance

The Liberal Party of Canada is the latest major group to withdraw from the annual Ottawa Pride parade after organizers pledged solidarity with Palestinians in a statement earlier this month.

The federal political party’s decision comes as some embassies, civil servants, and local organizations pulled out of the event amid the controversy. 

“In light of recent decisions made by the Capital Pride board, the Liberal Party has decided not to participate in Capital Pride events this year, and instead will host our own event to celebrate Ottawa’s 2SLGBTQI+ communities,” said Liberal Party spokesperson Parker Lund in a statement.

Prime Minister Justin Trudeau has previously taken part in the Pride parade in the nation’s capital, as have some other prominent political leaders.

Still trying to figure out what this is about. The “Pride” parade already happened. I can’t find much in the calendar for this year except like, I dunno a fashion show or something. Anyway it specifically says “pride parade” and I’m pretty sure that happened in June.

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