Michael Brown

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Originally Posted by iruinedyourday [You must be logged in to view images. Log in or Register.]

you would have assaulted the cop?

PS you don't know that he assaulted the cop, you just take a white cops word over a black persons. Scumbag.

Why are you bringing race into this again?

Originally Posted by Frieza_Prexus [You must be logged in to view images. Log in or Register.]

Yet, such law forces individuals to conduct speech and personal support of something they might find abhorrent. This is compelled speech, and it is completely contrary to the very notion of free speech.

Whatever the intent behind these laws might be, they are inevitably used as a bludgeon to silence dissent delegitimize political opponents.

Incorrect. Freedom of speech is NOT freedom from the consequences of your words.

Originally Posted by Frieza_Prexus [You must be logged in to view images. Log in or Register.]

Race is a constitutionally protected class. Sexual orientation is not a protected class and is, therefore, not subject to strict scrutiny. It instead receives rational basis review. The legal standards on discrimination between race and orientation are extremely high. The two cannot be used interchangeably when talking about American legal policy.

This is simply not true. Kill a black man because he's black: Hate crime. Kill a gay man because he's gay: Hate crime.